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Product Index

INDUSTRY FORECAST:

Mid-Year Upswing Hinged to Defense Boosts.

TECHNIQUES Of AIRCRAFT BUSINESS:

Abnormohties Oictote AR0C Spending
Industry Outlook locking Essential Vordstick
Novy Procurement Tied to 8udget
Selective Buying Stimulates Competition
Missile Progroms Keyed to Reliability
Big Controcts Sporfc Avionic Combines
New Protects Hypo Support Development
Jet Components Swell Airline Purchases

MILITARY AND AIRLINE BUYERS:

Deportment of the Air Force

Oeportment of the Novy

Joint Agencies

Deportment of the Army

Air Tronsport Purchosmg Committee

PRODUCTS SECTIONS:

Section A: Aircraft

Section B: Missiles

Section C: Avionics

Section 0: Supporting Equipment

Section E: Airline end Airport Equipment

Section f: Distributors

MANUFACTURERS’ INDEX

ADVERTISERS' PRODUCT LISTINGS

ADVERTISERS' INDEX

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and Distributors’ Indexes, but integrated
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listings.

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plete systems and components for the military
services between page 22 and 33, and for the
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1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Abnormalities Dictate ARDC Spending

By Evert Clark

Washington-Pattem of buying for
Air Force research and development
in the coming year will be one of con-
siderable change and accompanying
confusion.

Almost a year of reducing effort,
reappraising operating procedures and
trying to interpret contradictory budget
edicts will be followed by a reversal of
this trend.

Impact of Soviet technological
achievements in the past year is ex-
pected to have a profound effect on the
Air Force program, regardless of how
many dollars are added to or subtracted
from research and development fund-
ing.

USAF's research effort has under-
gone so many abnormal changcs-dic-
tated by financial considerations rather
than technology— that some observers
feel the net result has been to lose a
vital year on the research timetable.

Even if the downward trend had
continued, readjustment would have
taken another six months to a year to
complete.

Now, however, a new set of rules is
being imposed. Talk of debt limits,
expenditure ceilings and reorganization
has given way to demands for more
and better research to meet the chal-
lenge of what some already sec as Rus-
sian superiority in this field.
Technological Threat

The fact that Air Research and De-
velopment Command has tried for sev-
eral j’ears to convince Air Force, Defense
Department. Congress and the public
of the seriousness of the Russian tech-
nological threat is small comfort for a
management machine wracked first by
rapid, forced deceleration and now
about to undergo unexpected accelera-
tion.

Only the most skillful handling of
the problem will prevent USAF horn
losing the effect of another year of
research.

Beginning with the cutbacks in over-
time last May, USAF has undergone a
number of changes resulting both from
budget shifts imposed from outside and
confused internal handling of these
shifts.

Research and development has felt

all of these changes, either directly or
indirectly. No command in the USAF
family could be expected to absorb all
the punishment, so it was spread
around. And even though the major
cuts late in Fiscal 1957 and so far in
Fiscal 1958 were aimed at procure-
ment and production, companies whose
economic structure was affected were
in most cases research and development
contractors also.

By mid-September, Air Research and
Development Command was being
given careful scrutiny. Reorganization,
elimination of centers, or reassignment
of their missions were being considered
(AW Sept. 16, p. 26).

Complex Problems

Problems ARDC faced includod:

• A $661 million budget. This might
have allowed continuation of the previ-
ous year’s work if spending ceilings had
not been imposed and inflation were
not a factor, but it permitted no ex-
pansion of effort. In addition, $323
million of the total is eaten up by oper-
ations and management.

• Production program and engineering
support of USAF's combat wings con-
tinued to impose a heavy workload on
research and development facilities.

• Continued and still accelerating de-
mand for new test facilities. While the
cost and complexity of new test facifi-
ities continued to grow, technological
advances nevertheless are overcrowding
existing facilities and making new ones

In the midst of these problems, a
wide swing of the budget axe almost
cripple the exploratory research pro-
gram beyond recovery (AW Sept. 16,
p. 27). Exploratory research, aimed at
providing the knowledge necessary for
the Air Force of the near and far future,
is the primary mission of Air Force
Office of Scientific Research and an
appreciable portion of the effort at
several other centers.

This misfire, later described as a case
of the bookkeepers getting ahead of the
planners, was quickly remedied. But
one USAF official said living under a
spending ceiling still would make ex-
ploratory research— like the rest of the
Air Force— stoop-shouldered.

Dramatic event that began the re-
versal of this trend was Soviet Russia's

launching of an earth satellite (AW
Oct. 14, p. 27, 28). Coming close
behind Russia’s claim to have a success-
ful intercontinental ballistic missile, it
focused attention on U. S. military re-
search efforts more sharply than any-
one expected.

Some effects of the new appreciation
of research and development forced by
Soviet gains already have been seen.
But Fiscal 1959 will be the first full
budget year to reflect this new attitude.

First key to the future of USAF’s
research and development efforts will
be Administration's presentation of the
Fiscal 1959 budget.

Even more important may be the
way in which Congress alters it. Third
factor will be the way in which Air
Force, suffering from the same effects
of deceleration and acceleration as
the other sendees, implements it.

Pattern in the past, which should not
change drastically in spite of these three
factors, has been for Air Force to con-
tract approximately three-fourths of its
research and development to industry
and scientific and academic institutions
through its complex of centers.

Several of thcse-Flight Test Center
at Edwards, Calif.; Arnold Engineer-
ing Development Center at Tullanoma.
Tenn.; and Missile Test Center at
Patrick AFB, Fla.— are primarily test
centers, and have a lower level of con-
tracting. The same is true of the
Missile Development Center at Hollo.-
man AFB, but to a lesser degree.

Point of Contact

Virtually no contracts are written at
ARDC headquarters, which was to
move to Andrews AFB outside of
Washington, D. C., late in January.
Point of contact in almost all cases is
the contracting or industrial relations
office at a particular center. Informa-
tion on USAF's areas of research inter-
est and other general guidelines to doing
business with ARDC are available both
at centers, ARDC field offices and at
headquarters.

Of roughly $700 million a year in
contracting dollars, about 30% of the
4,000 contracts go to non-profit and
not-for-profit institutions. These repre-
sent about 20% of the total dollar value
of contracts. The remainder are placed
with industrial firms.

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Mid-Year Industry Upswing

By Robert Hotz

The aviation industry will bounce back
during 1958 from the third quarter slump
of 1957 caused by pre-Sputnik defense econ-
omy policies. Gross sales will be about
$11 billion with profit margins down
slightly to a return of just over two per cent
of gross sales.

Major upswing will get upfler way by the
middle of 1958, stimulated by an estimated
three to five billion dollar increase in the
defense budget devoted primarily to air-
craft, missiles, avionic gear and space re-
search vehicles. First signs of this increase
will be a $1 billion supplemental appropria-
tion for Fiscal 1958 which the President is
expected to present to Congress shortly
after it reconvenes in January. This $1 bil-
lion is expected to be devoted primarily to
the ballistic missile program and will be
followed by other supplemental covering
manned aircraft, additional fuel and mainte-
nance funds and air base construction.

Big impact of the new defense policy will
come in the Fiscal 1959 Defense Depart-
ment appropriation bill from which money
will become available July 1, 1958. This
bill is expected to be two to four billion
dollars higher than the Fiscal 1958 $38
billion level.

The production stretchouts and research and
development cuts initiated by the Defense Depart-
ment during the last half of 1957 will be reflected
in a continued lower level of aviation industry
sales during the first half of 1958. But the effects
of these slashes will be more than wiped out by the
upsurge in defense activity in the aircraft, mis-
siles, avionics and space fields during the last half
of 1958 and the first half of 1959.

PRIME PROBLEMS

This reversal in defense policy is a direct result
of the startling Soviet technical advances revealed
during 1957 in aircraft, ballistic missiles and
satellites. Most important trend now developing
in both military and legislative thinking is that
defense budget increases must be across the board
efforts aimed at solving two problems:

• First, bolstering our airpower in being so that it
will retain its capacity to devastate swiftly and
certainly the resources of any aggressor. This

includes strengthening Strategic Air Command,
the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capability and
building a potent force to handle limited wars.

• Second, accelerate and expand our research and
development effort to produce the radically new
weapons required to maintain superiority five
and 10 years hence.

Responsible military and congressional leaders
now agree that it would be dangerous to finance
new weapons development at the expense of cut-
backs in currently producible weapons required
to strengthen our forces in being.

Next year will be a tough year for the industry
as it will have to adjust radically to new technical,
political and economic factors.

The industry is beginning to feel acute growing
pains, both technically and financially. In the
past five years, aviation technology has made more
progress than during the previous 50, and this
has complicated the problems of the industry.

SIMPLE TO COMPLEX

For example, fuels are switching from relatively
simple gasoline and kerosene to liquid oxygen,
boron compounds, nitric acid and uranium. Mate-
rials are changing from easily workable aluminum
to stainless steel, titanium and magnesium alloys.
Controls are shifting; simple systems designed for
translation of man’s muscular movements to mov-
able surfaces have become the complex automatic
control systems that must react many times faster
and function much more precisely than the best
human capability. Even the environment of
flight has moved from the Earth’s envelope of
atmosphere to the fringes of outer space.

Financially, most of the industry’s problems
stem from this galloping technology. As Donald
Douglas, dean of aviation manufacturers, recently
put it, “Our technology has now developed more
things to do than we know how to finance.” This
is the heart of the major money problems facing
both the manufacturing and airline segments of
the aviation industry.

In the defense field, the problem involves not
an actual cutback in money available but how to
contain the galloping technology within budgetary
limits already established.

In the transport field, it is a matter of financing
the jet equipment the airlines need to provide the
public with this radically new form of transporta-
tion. When it is realized that some airlines are
buying quantities of jet transports valued at many
times the current net worth of the airline, an idea
of the magnitude of this problem can be gained.

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

BUSINESS FORECAST

Hinged to Defense Boosts

There will be a period of significant change in
the fortunes of individual firms as the impact of
these new technical and financial forces are more
extensively felt. Some firms will decline, while
others will set new records for sales and profits

However, the industry can still look forward to
roughly an $1 1-billion annual market in the years
just ahead. About 90% of this will still be mili-
tary. It will break down to approximately seven
billion dollars for Air Force hardware, $2.5 bil-
lion for naval aviation and missiles, about a bil-
lion dollars for Army planes and missiles, and
another billion in commercial sales. Of the mili-
tary business, missiles will account for about 25%
of the total in 1958, and sometime in the next 10
years, the figure should rise to about half the mili-
tary total.

The aviation industry was the largest single
manufacturing industry in the country in 1957,
with a peak of 908,000 workers reached at mid-
year. The next largest industry — the automobile
industry — has 793,000 workers. A drop of about
100,000 workers is expected in the aviation indus-
try by the end of 1958 — mostly production work-
ers rather than engineering-management men.

Airline net earnings suffered the sharpest drop
in airline history in 1957, and there are few signs
that the downward trend will be arrested in 1958.
Many officials are forecasting net losses for the
industry next year unless some form of relief is
provided.

AIRLINE PROFIT SQUEEZE

Net profits for the domestic trunkline industry
during 1957 are estimated at $25 million, a 56%
decrease over the $57.7 million profit recorded •
in 1956. The growing profit squeeze can be at-
tributed almost entirely to a 19% increase in op-
erating expenses during the year compared to
1956. With labor planning heavy campaigns for
higher wages and more fringe benefits coupled
with rising fuel costs, the airlines can expect little
relief from the mounting expense level in 1958.

Although operating revenues climbed 13.7%
in 1957 — comparing favorably with the 13.6%
increase last year — most airlines reported a re-
versal in the historic traffic growth pattern in the
last few months of 1957. It is possible that fourth
quarter results represent the first evidence of a
leveling-off of annual traffic increases.

As a consequence, load factors may be due for
a sharp drop in 1958 since the heavy increase in
available seat-miles caused by the delivery of new

equipment could quickly outpace traffic volume.
Possible results will be increased competitive
battles on major routes and attempts to tighten
schedule patterns on routes that are not basically
productive from a traffic point of view.

Although economy drives will mark overall
airline programs in 1958, their effects will be in-
significant since increased competition will de-
mand increased expenditures for such improve-
ments as electronic devices for handling
passengers and reservations and more modern
ground handling equipment to expedite traffic
flow.

In addition, the airlines will be faced with the
first stages of jet transport aircraft and allied
equipment investments. With the Lockheed
Electra scheduled to appear on routes of Eastern
Air Lines and American Airlines late in 1958 and
the Boeing 707 turbojet in 1959 on Pan Ameri-
can’s routes, the scheduled airlines will begin to
make their first major transition to a new operating
technique in 1958.

BUSINESS FLYING

Indications are that in 1958 business flying
industry will regain the ground lost, deliverywise,
in 1957, which was primarily due to one manufac-
turer (Cessna) being unable to maintain the high
delivery volume it developed in 1956. Caught in
an overproduction squeeze, Cessna curtailed out-
put this year, pulling down the industrywide ef-
fort. Comparison, in the first nine months of
1956, Cessna delivered some 2,500 business
planes; in the same period of 1957, its deliveries
were approximately 1,700 aircraft.

This factor was also primarily responsible for
industrywide total delivery value slipping from
$82 million for the first nine months of 1956 to
about $75 million in the same period this year.
It is unlikely that the industry will achieve its
1956 record-breaking mark of deliveries valued
at $105 million this year.

But introduction of new models in 1958 lines:
Beech Travel Air, Piper Comanche and Cessna
175, can be expected to increase the industry’s
sales volumes in 1958 to at least the 1956 record
figure — possibly higher.

Major problem the industry has to lick is de-
veloping a high sales volume — particularly sales
of aircraft to first-time users. Currently the
greater portion of its sales is to people already
owning aircraft — in the case of one business plane
maker, his first-time sales are only about 25% of
his volume.

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Aircraft Industry Outlook Lacking

Washington— Dominant factors in U.S. military aircraft programs as 1958
approaches are Russian technological progress, and the Federal budget.

Extensive changes in military requirements have combined with a political
determination to restrain spending and the result in recent months has been
a state of near-chaos in the general area of procurement for the support of

Orval R. Cook, president of the Aircraft Industries Assn, and former USAF
deputy chief of staff for materiel, has summed up the situation:

“Comparative values in weaponry have altered greatly with the march of
science and invention.

"Priorities have shifted. The old targets of force levels have been revised
downward, and probably will go even lower.

“Things we were in a big hurry for a few months ago don’t seem so important

now. In the aircraft industry there havi
stretch-outs, reduction in employment

"With the program still in a state
of flux and on the eve of a new Con-
gressional session there is no yardstick
that can be placed on the outlook for
the aircraft industry.

"Austerity is with us, there is no
doubt, and competition has reached a
new level of ruggedness.

“The aircraft industry has known all
along that it would not keep up forever
the pace of production which peaked in
1953 at 11,000 military aircraft. As a
matter of fact, we have been coming
down, . year-by-year, ever since-9,000
in 1954, 8,000 in 1955 and 6,800 last

Turning Point

"We knew that when target strength
goals would have been reached we
would operate on a considerably lower
plateau of production, aimed at main-
taining those strength levels with the
latest and best equipment.

“We had expected that 1961 would
be the real turning point for the in-
dustry.”

The revised date is 1957, or Fiscal
1958, a financial year now only half
gone.

Cook maintains, with considerable
justice, that the aircraft industry itself
has contributed to the current situation
by means of its successful effort to cut
lead time.

In the past year, there has been an
increasing amount of equipment de-
livered ahead of schedule.

The original estimate of defense ex-
penditures for Fiscal 1958 was S38 bil-
lion but the rate at which money was
flowing a few months ago was about
$40 billion or more.

In addition to faster-than-anticipated
deliveries, other factors were inflation
and the increasing cost of more com-
plex weapon systems.

Cook, as spokesman for the industry,

- been contract cancellations, cutbacks,
and facilities.

has made these observations for the
aircraft manufacturers:

• Nothing cataclysmic has happened.
Despite a sudden, sharp and unex-
pected drop in business there still. is a
lot of work to do. There are impor-
tant readjustments ahead.

• Determination of military require-
ments remains in the hands of the
military and industry makes no pre-
sumption that it should or could alter
this determination. Industry will con-
tinue to design, develop and produce
any aerial weapon systems for which
there is a need.

• The aircraft industry recognizes the
necessity for economic balance in the
building of defenses. It is in favor of
guns and butter.

• The aircraft industry docs not feel
that the nation owes it a living. It
agrees that aircraft procurement is not
intended as a support for prime con-
tractors, sub-contractors or small busi-

• There will be no slackening of the in-
dustry’s effort to achieve qualitative
superiority for American airpower, at
the lowest possible cost.

In the face of these pledges, the in-
dustry is hampered bv procurement
chaos growing out of the Defense
Department’s desperate effort to keep
within the $38 billion spending ceil-
ing.

Not long ago, USAF went so far as
to make the urgent suggestion that air-
craft manufacturers should continue to
deliver on schedule but delay presen-
tation of their bills. This would force
the industry to use credit and the idea
was advanced— paradoxically— in the face
of a determined Federal Reserve policy
of restraining credit.

It may well be that the interest dol-
lar is more important than the defense
dollar in the budget, that the higher

interest rates forced by administration

C olicy in the long run will do more to
urt the defense effort than inflation
itself.

To many, it appears clear that U. S.
defense and monetary' policy arc out of

Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas
explained the situation to aircraft manu-
facturers in these terms:

"The problem we are facing is
brought up in acute form at this time
(at the beginning of Fiscal 1958) be-
cause of the debt ceiling, the national
debt and the fact that Defense Depart-
ment estimates of expenditures for
1957 and J958 are substantially too
low.”

When the federal budget was pre-
sented to Congress by President Eisen-
hower last January USAF estimated its
Fiscal 1957 expenditures would run to
S16.9 billion. In September, a re-
vised estimate placed the total at $18.4
billion, a jump of $1.5 billion.

Parallel figures for the entire De-
fense Department were $35.8 billion
and $38.4 billion, up $2.6 billion.

Financial Forecasts

So far as USAF is concerned, and
the same situation holds for the Army
and Navy, there are substantial rea-
sons why the financial forecasts both
for Fiscal 1957 and the earlv months of
Fiscal 1958 were in error:

• Prices are rising.

• Shorter leadtimes have compressed
weapon system programs, advanced the
date of heavy outlays. Douglas says
that until 1956 no weapon system pro-
curement program utilized more than
5% of the authorized expenditure for
that system in a single year. In 1956
the newer weapons took 8% of their
money. In 1957, 8% was anticipated
and the outlay was 15%. And where
programs normally took 30% in the
second year, they now are absorbing
45% and higher.

• Ballistic missile program has used far
more money than anticipated. In
January USAF’s estimated Fiscal 1957
outlay for missiles was $860 million.
For the entire Department of Defense
it was $1.5 billion. By September these
figures were revised to $1.4 billion for
the Air Force and $2.1 billion for the
Defense Department.

All of the arithmetic used here is for
the last Fiscal Year. Fiscal 1958 now is
almost half over and the continuing
trend toward a faster rate of expenditure
has been felt in cutbacks, cancellations
and what amounts to federal begging
for postponed billings.

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Essential Yardstick

In the desperate effort to curb outlay
in the past six months, USAF has used
increasingly blunt language in explain-
ing its plight and its program to con-
tractors of all sizes.

Lt. Gen. Clarence S. Irvine, Deputy
Chief of Staff, Materiel, has been the
most frank and prolific. The trend
toward expenditure control, the gen-
eral says, should be no cause for panic
in the aircraft industry. It will be im-
portant, he grants, but perhaps more
weight should be placed on the impact
of changing weapon system concepts—
the shift to missiles— and the crying
need for high-quality company manage-

Dollar Availability

Here is General Irvine’s summary of
the impact of dollar availability on the
aircraft and supporting industries:

• Slowdowns, stretchouts and cancella-
tions will be handled to save only those
weapon systems which promise dis-
tinct operational advantages for the

problem and USAF no longer cares
who makes the weapon or any part of
it. Neither does it care where the
weapon and its components arc made.

• High bay factory facilities must be
curtailed as wc move toward production
of more missiles and fewer manned
aircraft. Surplus will be eliminated
and the maintenance of stand-by space
will be cut down as a luxury USAF
cannot afford.

• USAF will take a dim view toward
financing new facilities unless they can
be justified for a top-priority project
and there is no possible alternative.

• Major repair and overhaul of second
line aircraft both at depots and con-
tractor facilities will be curtailed. More
money will be made available for new
first-line aircraft by cutting down on
the work done to keep obsolescent
models in the air.

USAF will do what maintenance is
possible at local bases, retire older
planes when they can’t be flown with-
out major repairs.

Along with these simple lines of
economy action, there is an increasingly
stern attitude toward sloppy inanage-

Savs General Irvine:

"if expenditures run over the esti-
mates we will reduce the quantity or
—if the price per unit goes too high—
wc may cancel the project.

“The day of over-runs is past. Poor
planning, poor estimating— all connote
poor management— so some old familiar
faces may be missing.”

VANGUARD test vehicle, indicative of changing weapon system concepts.

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Navy Procurement Tied to Budget

Washington— Two factors— an unprecedented defense economy drive,
followed by Soviet technological gains— will vitally influence Navy strategy
and the resulting procurement policies in the coming months.

In spite of the impetus given the country’s defense effort by Soviet mis-
sile firings and Sputnik launchings, economy .will continue to be a watchword,
and emphasis on getting the most for the procurement dollar will be higher

Basic procurement and contracting procedures are not expected to change
as the Fiscal 1959 budget proceeds through Congress. Streamlining efforts
begun in the Bureau of Aeronautics’ research and development contracting
two years ago will continue to influence procurement and should gain in
importance as reduction, of costs and lead time become more essential.

Launching of Soviet satellites came
at what many considered a critical time
>01 the future of a number of avutiou
firms and research and development
organizations.

Budget cuts and spending ceilings

had beg3n to slash uot only fat but.

generally had avoided most of pitfalls
that trapped Art Force and its con-
tractors-pnmarily because Navy had

e tightly over the past
several years, and because it had surface
ships to sacrifice as missile and aircraft
costs increased drastically.

Nevertheless, tighter budget restric-
tions tended to slow developmental
progress of anti-submarine and early
warning aircraft, missiles, etc.

Now that Soviet achievements have
added a new urgency to scientific, tech-
nological and military efforts, develop-
ment and procurement of new wea-
pons are expected to make some jumps
over what normally would be the or-

ginal and short-range projects ii
of longer range pavoffs.

All tins will be done, howevc

favor

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS'

EDITION

and military men have agreed, that
merely opening the cash register will
not solve the country’s problem.

Nayv Secretary Thomas S. Gates, Jr.,
made some prc-Sputnik observations on
weapons costs that still are considered
valid, although he spoke before the
need for a revitalized defense program
became apparent.

"... 1 see sea-based air controlling
the seas as it has since the airplane
came of age,” Gates told an Institute
of Aeronautical Sciences audience in
mid-year. "But to realize all this, we
must reduce drastically the costs of
hardware and of operations.

"Dollars, of course, are not every-
thing. But in peacetime and in war-
time, they are the best measure of
manpower, material and effort that we
have been able to devise.

"So clearly what we want is military
worth— the most military value for the
money. Where the military worth is

high, we will buy. Where it is ..ot, we
won’t. It’s as simple as that.

"And what is military value? It is
that combination of careful, ingenious
design, advanced technology and down-
to-earth common sense that yields the
simplest, lightest, most reliable wea-
pon to do the job. And not one thing

Meeting a greater technological chal-
lenge than before with continued em-
phasis on economy will mean consider-
ably greater selectivity in sponsoring
weapons systems.

Interest in rocket-augmented aircraft
Right, superior missiles, stronger warn-
ing and anti-submarine programs and
more advanced efforts in the high-alti-
tude and space flight areas should in-
crease more rapidly than they would

tractors in on more long-range planning
for the obvious benefits to both sides,
and orienting personnel in all areas of
the Bureau to the concept that "pro-
curement is everybody’s business, the
engineer’s, the requirements people,
etc.” in order to cut down transition
time from research to development to
test to production.

Both goals are a part of the larger
one of getting better weapons, cheaper
and quicker.

Key contacts for BuAer procurement
discussions are Rear Adm. W. T. Hines,
Assistant Chief for Procurement, and
the Bureau’s small business specialist,
Cmdr. Dale S. Good.

Navy Purchasing Office here han-
dles most advertised bidding procure-
ment for larger aircraft items and Avi-
ation Supply Office in Philadelphia
handles procurement of smaller items,
overhaul, repair and maintenance, re-

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

I— 2.B. Maximum Price

Services List Nine Contract Types
Governing Buying of Military Items

One of the major responsibilities of
the negotiator is the selection of the
type of contract best suited to the pro-
curement which he is conducting. His
choice will have an important effect on
the ultimate cost of the contract, on
the incentive given the contractor to
use materials and manpower efficiently,
and on the nature of the supervision
which must be exercised over the per-
formance of the contract. While early
agreement between the negotiator and
the contractor is desirable, the nego-
tiator should not hurry the decision on
the contract type to be used. This deci-
sion will be based on a number of
factors: the nature of the procurement,
the contractor’s production and cost ex-
perience, the degree of competition
present, the availability of comparative
cost data, the assumption of business
risk, and the extent of the control which
can and should be maintained over the
contractor's operations. It is doubly
important to avoid a premature deci-
sion, because the course of the nego-
tiations will be considerably influenced
by the type of contract contemplated
for use.

Under certain circumstances it may
be desirable to obtain greater flexibility'
in contract negotiations by asking the
contractor to quote prices on more than
one type. In such circumstances, if only
one type of contract is considered and
quoted upon and if, during negotia-
tions, this proves unsatisfactory, a new
contract proposal undoubtedly will be
required, and much time and effort will
have been wasted.

If it were always possible to estab-
lish Arm prices which were fair both
to the contractor and the purchaser,
the determination of the most suitable
type of contract would be no problem.
A Firm Fixed Price contract would be
used for all procurements. But the de-
termination of fair prices for many
items purchased is often a difficult, if
not an impossible, task.

For this reason, several major types
of contract have been authorized for use
by negotiators, as well as a number of
specialized types designed to meet spe-
cific situations.

I— 1 Firm Fixed Price Contracts

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies or sendees are fur-
nished at a specified firm price
regardless of actual cost of per-
formance.

B. Use

(a) When sound cost estimates
are possible.

(i) Commercial-type items avail-
able from competing sources.

(ii) Military type equipment
previously produced on which
relevant production and cost
experience are available.

(b) When a contractor desires to
share costs of a Research Con-
tract.

C. Advantages

(a) Places maximum risk and re-
sponsibility upon the contractor;
consequently, results in the great-
est incentive for cost reduction.

(b) Easiest and least costly type
of contract to administer.

D. Disadvantages

(a) Price may include excessive
allowance for contingencies.
I-2.A Incentive Fixed Price

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies are furnished at a
tentative base price (target price).
Upon completion of the work the
price is redetermined based on the
contractor's actual costs plus a
sliding scale of profit which varies
inversely with the cost. The rede-
termined price cannot exceed the
ceiling price stated in the con-
tract.

B. Use

(a) When production is spread
over a relatively long period.

(b) . When difficulty is encoun-
tered in negotiating a firm fixed
price under the anticipated pro-
duction conditions.

(c) When target costs can be es-
tablished initially or at an early
interim point with substantial ac-

(d) When reasonable opportuni-
ties for cost reduction through
contract or efficiencies exist.

C. Advantages

(a) Not necessary for contractor
to include excessive allowances for
contingencies.

(b) Encourages cost reduction by

(c) Government shares in con-
tractor’s cost reductions.

(d) Government receives "after-
the-fact” cost information valu-
able in negotiating follow-on pro-
curements.

(e) By varying the ceiling, the
starting profit, and the profit shar-
ing formula, contract can be
adapted to fit many situations.

D. Disadvantages

(a) Contractor has less incentive
than under a firm fixed price con-

(b) More costly and difficult to
administer than a firm fixed price
contract.

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies arc furnished at a
maximum price which is redeter-
mined downward only after a
specified percentage of the work
has been completed. The final
price is based on actual costs in-
curred to point of redetermina-
tion plus estimated costs to eom-

(a) When sound cost estimates
cannot be made at the beginning
of the work, but can be made
after a certain minimum percent-
age of the work has been com-
pleted.

(i) Repetitive work so that
cost experience on first portion
permits accurate projection of
completion costs.

(ii) Work extended over a suffi-
cient period of time to permit
redetermination before com-
pletion of contract.

C. Advantages

(a) Permits fixed price contracting
even when sound cost estimates
arc not possible at the beginning
of the work.

(b) Final price is based on addi-
tional cost information.

D. Disadvantages

(a) Up until the time of rede-
termination, contractor has little
incentive to keep costs low.

(b) Because of time lag between
point of redetennination and re-
determination negotiations, con-
tractor not only has later cost
information than negotiators but
may have completed a very large
percentage of the work.

(c) More costly and difficult to
administer than a firm fixed price
contract.

I-2.C. Flexible Fixed Price

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies are furnished at a
tentative price which is redeter-
mined upward (subject to a ceil-
ing) or downward after a specified
percentage of the work has been
completed. The final price is
based on actual costs incurred to
point of redetermination plus esti-
mated costs to complete.

Identical to those
listed for “Maxi-
mum Fixed Price
Contract” since
only difference is
that price can be
redetermined up-

I— 2.D. Fixed Price with Escalation

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies are furnished at a

B. Use

C. Advantages

D. Disadvantages

1958 AVIATION

BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

fixed price which is subject to re-
vision on the occurrence of speci-
fied contingencies. Applies to
increases in material prices and
labor rates and not to the quality
of material or labor required.

B. Use

(a) When increases or decreases
in specific costs such as material
prices or labor rates arc beyond
the control of the contractor.

C. Advantages

(a) Government avoids paying for
contingencies that do not occur.

(b) Permits fixed price contracting
even if certain cost elements are
not subject to accurate prediction.

D. Disadvantages

(a) Government assumes part of
contractor’s risk.

(b) Additional administrative
problems.

II— 1. Cost-Plus-Fixcd-Fee

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies or services are fur-
nished at actual cost plus a fixed
fee which is based on a negotiated
percentage of the original esti-
mated cost.

B. Use

(a) When it is impossible to esti-
mate costs with any degree of

(i) Research and development

(ii) Specifications not firm.

C. Advantages

(a) Government avoids paying for
contingencies that do not occur.

(b) Profit not based on costs so
contractors have no incentive to

D. Disadvantages

(a) Contractors have little incen-
tive to reduce costs.

(b) Most costly type of contract
to administer.

II— 2. Cost-No-Fee

A. Explanation

(a) Supplies or services furnished
at actual cost with no fee or profit
allowed.

B. Use

(a) When it is impossible to esti-
mate costs with any degree of
accuracy. Primarily used with
educational and nonprofit organi-
zations.

C. Advantages

D. Disadvantages

f Identical to Cost-
Plus-Fixed-Fee
Contracts

Ill-Letter Contract
A. Explanation

(a) A written preliminary con-
tractual instrument which author-
izes immediate commencement of
manufacture of supplies, or per-
formance of sendees, including,
but not limited to, preproduction
planning and procurement of
necessary materials.

B. Use

(a) When interests of national de-
fense demand contractor be given
binding commitment so that
work can be commenced im-
mediately.

(b) Negotiation of a definitive
contract in sufficient time to
meet procurement need is not
possible.

C. Advantages

(a) Quick cbntractural coverage.

D. Disadvantages

(a) Competition required, when
practicable.

(b) Time lag before conversion to
definitive contract.

(c) Government assumes part of
contractor's risk.

IV— Notice of Award

A. Explanation

(a) A TWX or letter fonn that
specifics firm pricing terms, de-
liveries and specifications, but in-
corporates other clauses by refer-
ence. Must be superseded by a
definitive contract.

B. Use

(a) When prompt contractual
coverage is required and all terms
have been agreed upon.

C. Advantages

(a) Prompt contractual coverage.

D. Disadvantages

(a) Administrative work.

(b) Not as satisfactory legally as a
firm contract.

Military Sales: Where to Go, Whom to See

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

USAF

Apply to the nearest Air Force Procure-
ment District to have your firm placed
on Bidders' lists. To obtain a copy of

apply directly to the purchasing office.
Copies of current Invitations for Bids and
Requests for Proposals, with specifica-
tions, are available for reference at Air
Procurement District offices. These of-
fices arc located at the following ad-
dresses: 760 West Peachtree Street,
NW„ Atlanta, Ga.; 14 Court Square,
Boston, Mass.; 165 North Canal Street,
Chicago, 111.; Big four Bldg., Cincinnati,
Ohio (suboffico); 1279 West Third
Street, Cleveland, Ohio; 1407 Ross Ave-
nue, Dallas, Tex.; Building 70, Area C,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio;
West Warren Avenue and Lonvo Boule-
vard, Detroit, Mich.; 500 Capitol Ave-
nue, Hartford, Conn, (suboffice); 54
Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Ind.;
2601 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo.
(subofficc); 155 West Washington Bou-
levard, Los Angeles, Calif.; 770 North
Plankinton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.;
910 Second Street, Minneapolis, Minn,
(suboffice); 218 Market Street, Newark,
N. J.; 780 Broadway, Now York, N. Y.;
1411 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.;
133 West Monroe Street, Phoenix, Ariz.;
20 Symington Place, Rochester, N. Y-;
1114 Market Street, St. Louis, Mo.; 22
Southwest Temple Street, Salt Lake City,
Utah (subofficc); 4325 Pacific Highway,
San Diego, Calif.; 7755 East Marginal
Way, c/o Boeing Aircraft Corporation,
Seattle, Wash, (suboffice); 521 North
Eclipse Street, South Bend, Ind. (sub-
office); 449 West Oliver, Wichita, Kans.;
1515 Clay Street, Oakland, Calif.

HQ AIR MATERIEL
COMMAND

BUYING DIVISION OF PRO-
CUREMENT DIRECTORATE

Aircraft and Missiles Division

Airline, Maintenance and
Service Contracts Division

USAF AIR MATERIEL AREAS
AND DEPOTS

Air Materiel Areas and Air Force De-
pots are responsible to Headquarters, Air
Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Ohio. The Air Procure-
ment Districts are responsible to the Air
Materiel Areas under which they are
listed.

Communications to an Air Materiel
Area or Air Force Depot should be ad-
dressed to the Commander. Communi-
cations to an Air Procurement District
should be addressed to the Chief.

contact the Contractor Relations Branch,
Office of Inspection, Directorate of Pro-
curement and Production, Headquarters,
Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patter-
son Air Force Base, Ohio, (MCPIC),
Telephone: CLcarwatcr 3-7111, Exten-
sion 33206.

Middletown Air Materiel
Area

Mobile Air Materiel Area

“C", Wright-Patterson AF8, Ohio

Indianapolis Air Procurement District, 54 Monument

1958 AVIATION

BUYERS'

EDITION

USAF

Ogden Air Materiel Area

Oklahoma City Air Materiel
Area

San Antonio Air Materiel
Area

San Bernardino Air Materiel

Warner Robins Air Materiel

Air Force Depots

USAF Small Business
Specialists

Assistant (or Small Business, AfMPP-SB, Room
Telephone: Hq, USAF-74126

Telephone: Hq, AMC-23222

Middletown Air Materiel
Area

Middletown AMA, Olmsted Air Force Base, Middle-

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Mobile Air Materiel Area

Oklahoma City Air Materiel
Area

25

USAF

Ogden Air Materiel Area

Denver Air Proc. Office, 3800 N. York Street,

Sacramento Air Materiel
Area

San Antonio Air Materiel

San Bernardino Air Materiel

Warner Robins Air Materiel

Air Force Depots

Artzona

HQ Air Materiel Command,
WPAFB

I, Wrigbt-Patterson

USAF LOCAL PURCHASES

The term “Local Purchase" denotes
the purchase of materials, supplies, and
services by an Air Force installation for
use and consumption by that installation
or other installations assigned to it for
issue of materials and supplies.

These items are generally of a house*
keeping nature, such as office supplies
and so-called "off-the-shelf” items, and
usually aro bought in small quantities.

All local purchase functions involving
appropriated funds are accomplished by
Headquarters, Depot, or Base Purchasing
and Contracting Officers. Being respon-
sible for all purchase actions at their
respective installations, they receive pur-
chase requests from initiating activities
and accomplish procurement action by
formal advertising or negotiation, gener-
ally from firms in close geographical
proximity.

The same laws and regulations which
apply to central Air Force procurement
also apply to local purchase.

Following is a list of Air Force instal-
lations at which local purchasing is ac-
complished. Communications should be
directed to the attention of the Purchas-
ing and Contracting Officer.

Alabama

Arkansas

Blyttieville AF8, Blytheville

McClellan AF8, McClellan

Colorado

Washington, D. C.

Maryland

Delaware

New Castle County AP, Wilmington

Florida

Illinois

Alaska Scott AFB Belleville

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

USAF

INDIANA

Bakalar AFB, Colt

Iowa

Kentucky

Kansas

Barksdale AF8, Shreveport
Presque Isle AFB, Presque Isl

Maryland

Massachusetts

xw Run AF Station, B

Mississippi

Missouri

Richard-Gebaur AFB, Grandview, Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

Indian Springs AF8, Indian Springs

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Wright-Patterson AFB

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Greeter Pittsburgh AP, Coraopolis

South Carolina

South Dakota

Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City

Tennessee

Sewart AFB, Smyrna

Texas

Abilene AFB, Abilene

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Wyoming

USAF PLANT
REPRESENTATIVES

Middletown AMA

AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

USflF

Mobile AMA

Oklahoma City AMA

Ogden AMA

Sacramento AMA

San Antonio AMA

San Bernardino AMA

FLIGHT TESTING

Warner Robins AMA

Curtrss-Wright Core, Propeller Div„ Caldwell, N. J,
AFPR: MaJ. Melvin Berhowltz

USAF AIR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
FIELDS OF INTEREST

AERODYNAMICS

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS

FUELS AND LUBRICANTS

HUMAN ENGINEERING AND
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

ORONANCE AND ARMAMENT

PHOTOGRAPHY

POWERPLANTS — JET AND TURBINE

POWERPLANTS— RECIPROCATING

POWERPLANTS— ROCKETS

ROTATING WING AIRCRAFT

SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT

USAF AIR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMAND

USAF

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AVIATION PLANTS PRO-
CUREMENT ASSIGNMENTS
Aircraft Plants
Assigned Air Force

Engine Plants
Assigned Air Force

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

NAVY

Propeller Plants
Assigned Air Force

Aircraft Plants
Assigned Navy

Chance Voughl Aircraft Inc,, Plant B, Dallas, Texas
Edo Corporation, College Point, N. V.

Goodyear Tire & Bobber Co., Goodyear Aircraft Corp.,
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp,, Bethpage, New

Engine Plants
Assigned Navy

Westinghouse Electric Corp,, Columbus Works, Colum-
Westinghouse Electric Carp., Aviation Gas Turbine

Propeller Plants
Assigned Navy

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

The following have procurement respon-
sibilities of a special nature as indicated:

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

NAVY

The activities listed below purchase gen-
eral-use items, as well as items of a tech-
nical nature, to fulfill their own special
requirements or those of other naval
activities in their geographical area for
which they perform the purchase func-
tion. Most important of these are the
Navy Purchasing Offices.

General information concerning Navy
procurement, as well as possible sub-
contracting opportunities, may be ob-
tained from the Industry Cooperation
Officers in the Navy’s field inspection
offices, particularly those located in the
following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chi-
cago. Cleveland, Dallas, Kansas City,
Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle.
Copies of bid sets on unclassified pro-
posed procurements in excess of $25,000,
suitable for performance by small busi-
ness concerns, arc available for your refer-
ence at the regional and branch offices of
the Small Business Administration.
These include Army and Air Force as
well as Navy procurements.

USN SMALL BUSINESS
PERSONNEL

Washington, D. C.

Connecticut

Georgia

Hawaii

Navy Purchasing office, Bldg. 475, Naval Supply

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

HAYY

Illinois

Indiana

Louisiana

Maryland

New Hampshire

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island
South Carolina

Tennessee

Washington

USN BUREAU OF AERO-
NAUTICS REPRESENTATIVES

Eastern District

New York

Military Medical Supply Agency, Brooklyn Texas

Central District

Virginia

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

ARMY

Western District

JOINT AGENCIES

DEPARTMENT OF THE

Ordnance Corps

The following District offices arc the
proper points of contact for firms (within
their respective gcograohical areas) seek-
ing contracts. I hey have available for
distribution copies of all Invitations for
Bids issued by the purchasing offices and
maintain current bidders’ lists of firms
within their districts. They also dis-
Alr- tribute Requests for Proposal and negoti-

ate certain contracts at the request of
the purchasing offices:

Cleveland IS, Ohio.

Quartermaster Corps

Industrial mobilization planning is done
through the following offices: A-60, A-63,
A-64, the Atlanta Quartermaster Pro-
curement Service Office, 50 Seventh
Street NE„ Atlanta 5, Ga., and Quarter-
master Activities, Boston Army Base,
Boston 10, Mass.

Signal Corps

Minor procurement of Signal Corps
items also by Regional Offices (below).
Copies of Invitations for Bids and Re-
quests for Proposal, with specifications,
are available for reference purposes only,
as follows: Regional Offices of the Signal
Corps Supply Agency at 70 East 10th
Street, New York 3. N. Y.; 615 West
Van Buren Street, Chicago 7, 111.; Park-
way Bldg., 117 East Colorado Street,
Pasadena, Calif.: Alaska Communications
System, 550 Federal Office Bldg., Seattle
4, Wash.: Baltimore Signal Depot, 2800
Broening Highway, Baltimore 22, Md.;
Decatur Signal Depot, Decatur, 111.; Lex-
ington Signal Depot, Lexington, Ky.;
Sacramento Signal Depot, Sacramento,
Calif.

Industrial mobilization planning: A-70.

1958 AVIATION

BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

ENGINEERING

assistant available

TRANSDUCERS

for

ABSOLUTE, DIFFERENTIAL j
or GAGE PRESSURES

Outputs lineor with pressure. ]
pressure altitude
and oir speed.

For Recording, Control ond
Indicating in Industry.

Electro-mechonicol
njlrumentotion for oircroh.
missiles, ond industry

S.S. White Aircraft Accessories have been tested and approved
use in practically every major military, commercial

plane. Developed in close collaboration with the
they have proved to be the answer to
space and performance problems.
engineering cooperation is always available in
to your needs. There’s
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in flexible shafts

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Missile Launching and Control Computers
Computer and Control Components

Exhaust Temperature Indicators
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Our representatives are ready in all principal locations to discuss your specific require-
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The Time Tested ADF Now in Less Weight, Less Space

The ADF is a basic air navigation instrument, used in
all parts of the world, turnablc to some 60,000 trans-
mitters. But the important thing now about the ADF
is that ARC has engineered an ADF system down to
less than 20 pounds in weight, with a comparable

Now pilots enjoy the advantages of dual installations of
this compact miniaturized equipment in tolerable weight
and space requirements.

The ARC Type 21 A ADF is built to today’s more
critical speed and environmental demands. It has her-
metic sealing of vital components, such as the entire
loop assembly. It covers all frequencies from 190 kc to
1750 kc . . . operates on only 2.8 amps at 27.5 volts dc
input or equal power at 1 3.5 volts. A significant feature
is the extremely low loop drag — only two inches out-
side the aircraft skin.

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1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS GUIDE

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• For specialized gear engineering

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It’s more than a matter of pride that makes us point out
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Selective Buying Stimulates Competition

By Irving Stone

New aircraft must bring substantial hikes in performance and utility to sell
in a market made keenly competitive by limited purchasing power in military
and civilian buyers. This basic condition demands comparable improvement
in product right down the line from chief designer to parts supplier.

Despite greater selectivity by buyers because of limited purchasing power,
there will be a distinct market for equipment which can pay its own way.
This applies to both military and commercial fields. Outlook for the com-
mercial market undoubtedly looks promising. Substantial military volume
is indicated by the recent statement of Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Irvine:
". . . manned bombers and fighter-interceptors will be vital to national defense
for a long time to come. ... I am convinced that the flying Air Force will be
the nation’s primary deterrent force for as far into the future as we can see.”

In one sense, challenge of product improvement in the manned aircraft
field is more critical than in missiles. Repetitive manned flight at higher and
higher speeds puts a stiff requirement on long life reliability. Missiles, too,
demand top reliability, but the one-shot mission involves a relatively short-
life for components. And field of manned aircraft, as in the past, probably
will continue to be a breeding place for many missile equipment refinements.

Aircraft design project heads don t
hesitate to say that segments of sup-
porting industry, with their various
products, aren't always completely alert
in anticipating future operational de-
mands and should refine or introduce
new products accordingly. In this aero-
nautical era, where obsolescence fre-
quently is a guest at the equipment’s
operational debut, it's a necessity to
keep up with the pace of technical
progress. Those that don't frequently
find development time too great to
meet a critical delivery date.

One way to sense coming operational
demands for equipment is to solicit
suggestions from aircraft project engi-
neers or others in specialized depart-
ments. These leads won't always be
capable of translation into practical
hardware in time to meet current proj-
ects but they can pay big dividends by
being phased into model refinements
and new aircraft designs.

Informal conversation with project
specialists after they have delivered pa-
pers at technical meetings frequently
reveals valuable requirement details
which could not be brought out during
the talk for lack of time.
Manufacturing Research

One of the big factors in meeting
design requirements for future aircraft
and associated items is manufacturing
research. This spadework is rapidly
stepping up its importance to cut down
valuable production time. In some
instances manufacturing research will
mean the difference between being able
to fabricate an item to meet a rigid
design requirement or not being able
to meet the requirement at all. This
could apply to the gamut of details

from aircraft structural components
through equipment components down
to the small, but vital, hardware.

Some aircraft manufacturers have
sensed the urgency of this manufactur-
ing research, have given it high priority,
projected it to meet design require-
ments 10 years ahead. Problems to be
solved fall into such main categories
as machining, forming, welding, bond-
ing, riveting, heat treating and process-
ing control. These same areas can
prove fruitful areas of research for sub-
contractors, and for equipment, com-
ponent and parts suppliers, to boost
the market through faster delivery of a
superior product.

Machine tool builder of both large
and small units is in a strategic position
to aid the aircraft industry with its
manufacturing problems. Just as sup-
pliers of components, equipment and
parts can profit by anticipation of air-
craft design requirements, the machine
tool builder can gamer invaluable in-
formation for coming markets by ferret-
ing out information on what manu-
facturers of airframes and miscellaneous
items would like to be able to do in
the shop in the next go-around for ad-
vanced aircraft.

Best way to get this information, in-
dustry engineering planners point out,
is to maintain closer liaison with the
various industry segments to promote
long-range thinking. This will set in
motion ideas for machine refinements,
with the result that they will be able
to be introduced earlier to a market
where new materials of construction
will demand new approaches in manu-
facturing techniques.

Production engineers arc quick to

point out that manufacturing advances
generally haven’t kept up with rapid
development of weapon systems, that
many of the tool refinements and in-
novations required for the fast-changing
aeronautical picture aren’t yet within
industry's grasp. Radical changes in
tools, they say, shouldn't await indus-
try- or government-sponsored competi-

Simplification

Simplification is a vital characteristic
that can’t be pursued too energetically
according to aircraft users— both com-
mercial and military. Complaint is that
aircraft— and almost all things in them
—are too difficult to maintain. Fre-
quent result is increased down-time,
less utilization. For commercial op-
erators this means more expense, less
profits. For military organizations more
expense is coupled with lack of overall
readiness. Maintenance supervisors re-
member items that compound initial
trouble with difficult remedying.

Operators are putting extra stress on
demands for simplification because gen-
eral trend toward complexity has caused
a corresponding rise in levels of tech-
nology and skills required for main-
tenance jobs. Not only docs this re-
quire unusual specialization, it also be-
comes difficult to find and then retain
skilled personnel.

Simplification, wherever possible,
has been made a prime goal by de-
signers and manufacturers of the com-
ing models of jet transports. This same
accent on simplification will be carried
over to succeeding models, and vendors
of components, equipment and parts
have a large field now and ahead to
introduce product simplification to de-
signers and manufacturers.

Added Markets

Growth of private and executive air-
craft fields offers other fruitful markets
where product simplification is trans-
lated into less maintenance costs.

On the military side, one aircraft
manufacturer five years ago sensed the
importance of keynoting simplicity to
combat complexity trends. This philoso-
phy was applied all along the line in a
particular aircraft, embraced structure,
equipment packaging, access. Direct
benefits included easier assembly, faster
production, simpler maintenance, and
less weight.

Anv supplier of components, equip-
ment or parts who blends with this
type of design philosophy and can an-
ticipate it, with respect to its product,
vears ahead of the time the aircraft be-
comes operational, gets a quick and
worthy reputation in the industry.

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1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

General Electric
Offers Dependable D-c
Components for Your
Rocket and Missile Systems

nl of a wide variety of d-c motors and generators supplied
c for missile and rocket systems.

SIGN ENGINEERS and complete manufacturing facilities
e to produce d-c equipment to meet your special requirements.
'UT how General Electric can help you. Contact your nearest G-E
tus Sales office. A new publication, GED-3343, describes how General
: is equipped to design and manufacture special d-c motors. For a
/rite Direct Current Motor and Generator Department, Erie, Pa.

Tfogress Is Our Most Important Product

GENERAL #* ELECTRIC

New Airborne modular actuators give you
greater design freedom, help eliminate specials

Tanks, Fuel & Oil

CLEMCO AERO PRODUCTS, INC. are furnishing the leaders of
the aircraft and missile industry with the following:

ROTARY ACTUATORS PROPRIETARY DESIGNS OF

POWER STEERING UNITS HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC

FLUTTER DAMPERS UNITS FOR MILITARY AND

MISSILE FINS AND SPARS COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES

Write for complete Clemco folder to

CLEMCO

AERO PRODUCT5, INC.

210 E. Manville St., Compton, California

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

A-51

SEALING PROBLEMS

Taming the tough ones is day-in-day-out routine at
Aero Gasket ... yet our service is specialized,
with diaphragms being custom molded to meet
rigid specifications . . . customer, commercial, military.
We maintain a complete laboratory to insure quality
control of every product from design to final
delivery. We have developed special designs to meet
a wide range of specific applications where long
flexing life, wide temperature ranges and high
operating pressures are major requirements.

Send us your specifications. We'll be pleased to
provide specific recommendations that will
solve your problems.

Aero Gasket produces, in a wide range of materials
and assemblies . . .

GASKETS • DIAPHRAGMS • MOLDED RUBBER PARTS • METAL STAMPINGS
METAL TO RUBBER BONOING

THE

AERO GASKET

CORPORATION

770 Hanover Street, Meriden, Connecticut

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Circle Number 21 on Reoder-Service Card — ►

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

The Aibano (ompany.ihc.

S49-555 WEST 54TH STREET, NEW YORK 19, N. Y.
HONEYCOMB DIVISION

Accepted

and

Available !

SMITH

NAS-500 SERIES

National Aircraft Standard

BEARINGS

•

Your *
Special
Bearing
Problem

MAY ALSO BE

SOLVED

SMITH

Just Write to

SMITH BEARING CO.

Station C
P. O. BOX 1119
TRENTON NEW JERSEY

( Continued from page J-52)

B. F. Goodrich Canada, Ltd., Kitchener, Ontario.

Thermometers, Cabin &
Cockpit

Thermos Jugs & Ovens

COMPLETE

AIRCRAFT

TESTING

FACILITIES

★ Qualification Tests

★ Evaluation Tests

★ Performance Tests

★ Environmental Tests

AIRCRAFT
EQUIPMENT
TESTING CO.

1806—12 Fleet St., Baltimore 31, Md.

Washington D. C. Office
734 15th St., N.W.

Circle Number 23 on Reader-Service Cord

AIRCRAFT GEAR
CASE ACCESSORIES

A— TEDECO FILLER CAP
B— TEDECO BREATHER VENT
C— TEDECO SELF-CLOSING
DRAIN PLUG
D— TEDECO OIL JET

This line ol accessories eliminates the
need for adapting general manufac-
turers' equipment to aircraft require-

are designed and manufactured to meet
all military and commercial aeronautical
specifications. Send for our catalog.

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT CO.

Clrclo Number 24 on Reader-Service Card

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1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Transmission Assemblies
Helicopter

WEST1NGH0USE ELECTRIC CORP., P. 0. 80. 868,

Trays, Ash

Scovlll M(9. Co., 99 Mill St., Waterbury 20, Conn.

Turbine Assemblies,

Gas Turbine Eng.

AEROJET GENERAL CORP., A SUBSIDIARY OF
GENERAL TIRE S. RUBBER CO., THE, 6352

Circle Number 25

If you are planning the
manufacture of stainless alloy
assemblies, you should, check
our facilities and skills for

BRAZING and
PROCESSING

Stainless Steel & Titanium

You'll find our up-to-the minute facilities
and years of experience can help you in
your stainless steel brazing and heat treat-
ing. All three of our plants are equipped
with pure dry hydrogen atmosphere fur-

neers. They are also pioneers in the use
of Nicrobraz, the Btainless brazing alloys
that have the strength and corrosion re-
sistance of stainless steel at 2000° F.
Vacuum-type furnaces are used in the
Detroit plant for silver brazing complex
titanium alloy assemblies. Our fluxless
process provides high joint shear strength
with no distortion, oxidation, or loss of
ductility. Heat treating and degassing of
titanium alloy parts is also done. Con-
tact us for more information.

STAINLESS PROCESSING DIVISION

WALL COLMONOY CORPORATION
19345 John R Street • Detroit 3, AVdugan
PENNSYLVANIA: Bristol Pike, Morrisville, Ps„
CALIFORNIA: 1565 Bluff Rood, Montebello, CaL

-The -

AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE
provides users with complete
accurate and reliable product
information

A-55

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Aircraft Bearings by Fafnir

Products that reflect close collaboration
with the aircraft industry
for nearly 30 years

features of this extra thin
torque tube type
advantages make possible the use of
simply designed, space and weight
saving housings. Shields ore

All exposed surfaces as mounted are
with the B500 series.

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A-58

Turbosuperchargers

Turret Control Systems

Delavan designs and produces Fuel Injection devices for
America's leading aircraft and missile engine manufacturers.

DELAVAN

FUEL

INJECTORS

be

Spray a

So you see, precision design and manufacturing are commonplace at Delavan.

Turrets, Gun

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BENDIX SHOOTS LANDINGS INDOORS
TO HELP PRODUCE BETTER LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS

When designing and producing com-
plete landing gear systems it is vitally
important to know in advance just how
every component part will respond to the
stresses and strains of flight conditions.

That’s why the giant landing gear
testing equipment pictured above plays
such an important part in the develop-
ment and production of Bendix* com-
plete landing gear systems.

Bendix P Div°slor?

All major components that make up
the system such as control valves, nose
wheel steering, retractor actuators,
power braking as well as wheels, brakes,
shock absorbing struts and even tires
are subjected to repeated tests of brak-
ing, dropping, twisting and vibration
before final approval.

For Bendix has proven over many
years that landing gear components

that have been designed, engineered
and tested to work together give better
and more dependable performance
than any arbitrary assembly system.

So, when it comes to gear for land-
ing, think and plan in terms of a com-
plete landing gear system. Then, we
suggest you think of Bendix and Bendix
Products Division at South Bend,

Indiana. *«o.v.s. r*t. orr,

South Bend, nm.

AVIATRESS COBB SETS TWO WORLD RECORDS
WITH RELIABLE AC AIRCRAFT SPARK PLUGS

Distance and altitude records established by
Jerrie Cobb in Aero Commanders sparked by ACs!

Last May 25, Jerrie Cobb, youthful veteran electrodes for the higl
pilot, winged her way from Guatemala City to
Oklahoma City in an Aero Commander 560-E
... a World’s Non-Stop Distance Class Rec-
ord of 1,504.74 statute miles! On July 5, she
soared to a new World’s Altitude Record of
30,351 feet in an Aero Commander Super
680! In each flight, under extreme conditions,
her plane was sparked by ACs!

The AC 5R-83P spark plug has platinum

"MONOBALL”

Self-Aligning Bearings

SOUTHWEST PRODUCTS CO.

JET AND MISSILE MINDED JET AND MISSILE EXPERIENCED

HUSSMANN AIRCRAFT DIVISION

Sill

LAVELLE.. .Wherever Precision Fabrication is Required

msmm

Write for this illustrated brochure describing Lavelle's specialized fabricating

ilWBBMl

Piston engines . . . jets . . . and now, missiles, Foote Bros,
craftsmen are watching the steady advance of American
air progress from their machines. They’re not only
watching it— they are an important part of it, because,
at this moment they are helping produce components
capable of performance undreamed of a short time ago.

At Foote Bros., yesterday’s technology, methods and standards of precision
are obsolete. Today, these men are working with new metals in new ways, with
greater precision, to produce lighter, stronger and more reliable gearing,
power transmission and actuating mechanisms for the air age of tomorrow.

It is the willingness to innovate, the ability to anticipate, and the
determination to excel that have helped Foote Bros, engineers and production
men keep pace with, and earn the confidence of, the aviation industry.

FGDTE BROS.

FOOTE BROS. OEAR AND MACHINE CORPORATION

Yi

depend on HyATT

This B-52 is powered by
PRATT & WHITNEY
J-57 ENGINES
with HYATT bearings
in the power section
and accessory drives.

When you call on HYATT to build your jet engine bearings,
they’ll all measure up — not merely to your minimum
specifications, but to your highest expectations. HYATT has
the facilities and know-how to maintain uniform accuracy
from the approved prototype to the end of the production
schedule. This unwavering uniformity assures smoother,
vibration-free operation and longer life in every
single application.

Request Catalog A-56 for size ranges and load ratings
of standard HYATT Aircraft Bearings. For expert
engineering and production help in solving special
bearing problems, contact Hyatt Bearings Division,

General Motors Corporation, Harrison, New Jersey.

'Hr- ROLL BEARINGS

FOR AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY

..•research

...development

...production

COOLING PACKAGES FOR ELECTRONICS

HOT FUEL PRIME SYSTEMS
9 WEATHER DEAERATING OIL SYSTEMS
UNITED METALLIC O-RINGS
AIRCRAFT FLUID SYSTEMS
SHEET METAL FABRICATION
DIP BRAZE FACILITIES

UNITED AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS, INC.

A-67

Cherry Research

in fasteners
for the aircraft industry

The Cherry Research and Development program operates
on a single objective — to provide better fasteners and tools
for the aircraft industry.

Blind rivets and lockbolts* with installation tools and
accessories are developed and manufactured in the Santa
Ana, California plant of the Cherry Rivet Division, Town-
send Company — a plant completely equipped and devoted
to the production of aircraft quality parts, which includes
heat treating, plating and all finishing operations.

Recent Cherry Research additions to the
full line of Cherry self-plugging and pull-
thru rivets, lockbolts, tools and accessories:

The Cherry “700” Rivet** —

high clinch, positive hole fill, wide grip
range, uniform pin retention.

The Cherry “600” Rivet** —

stainless steel (A286) rivet provides high
strength at high temperature.

The Cherry % 2 " Monel Rivet —

a hollow pull-thru rivet with high shear
Strength.

For technical information write:

Cherry Rivet Division

1224 East Delhi Road, Santa Ana, California

Townsend Company

Established 1816 • New Brighton, Pa.

In Canada: Parmenter & Bulloch Mfg. Co., Limited, Gananoque, Ontario

...choose Simmonds

products I

ELECTRONIC • HYDRAULIC • MECHANICAL

Lightweight Pacitron Fuel Gage Systems:

Fuel measurement and management systems
incorporating latest technological improve-
ments. Consistent reliability and dynamic prog-
ress are typified by the Load Limit Control,
Center of Gravity Control and new True Mass
Fuel Gaging System. Specification of Pacitron
in latest military and commercial aircraft em-

of miles of service on aircraft engines, pres-
surised doors and specialized applications.
Cowling and Access Latches: Heavy duty
Hush fitting aircraft latches for installation
on cowlings and access panels. Two-piece
toggle type, available to fit a wide range of
structural curvatures; for attachment of plastic
radomes, etc.

Simmonds SU Fuel Injection Systems: The

only advanced type fuel injection system now
in production for medium h.p. gasoline en-
gines, the SU System has been proven in field

icing problems, gives improved cold starts.
Precision Push-Pull Controls: Simmonds
Push-Pull Controls are positive, precise and
rugged. Capable of heavy loads and accurate
operation under vibration, continuous cycling.

Liquid Level Sensing Systems: Working
independently of the fuel gage system, this

the precise time at which fuel, oil or other
liquid goes above or below any designed level.
It also automatically stops or starts pumps or
valves to transfer the liquid from one tank to
another. The system is rugged, has no tubes or
moving parts, is light and compact. Operates
on military aircraft fuels and oils.

Simmonds

AEROCESSORIES, INC.

General Offices: Tarry town. New York

T

contributing
to superb
aircraft
performance

Intricate, vastly capable mech-
anisms of uniform dependa-
bility and unusual quality

CHANDLER- EVANS^T,

Represented here are just a few of the
many CECO products which are air-
borne with the latest and finest military
and commercial aircraft.

WEST COAST WiHiam^B. Gurney g 7M6 Hollywood

SeMtfe 4 Br S>. 5 ° 6 ' SCC °" d AVe ”
Dayton 19, Ohio

EAST COAST Robert Storrs, Chandler-Evans, West
Hartford 1, Conn.

CHAN D LER- EVANS

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/ CECO

SYSTEI

MAIN FUEL CONTROL SYSTEMS

CECO was the first to combine
several normally separate fuel sys-
tem components into one “uni-
tized package”. Representative of
this philosophy is the new Small
Engine Fuel Control series for
target drones and missiles. Some
models in this series, even though
they incorporate integral fuel
pumps, actually weigh less than
8 lbs.

AFTERBURNER FUEL CONTROLS

CECO’s basic afterburner fuel con-
trol is a regulator of the by-pass
type. It operates on a constant
metering head across a variable
orifice whose size is regulated by
the air flow parameter. Throttle
modulation is available by provid-
ing for manual variations in either
metering head or orifice size.

SERVOMECHANISMS

Mechanisms of utmost sensitivity
are required to record frequently
changing pressures and tempera-
tures, and to translate them into
minute adjustments in mechanical
motion. Tolerances between crit-
ical mating parts, held to .00004"
in many of CECO’s hydraulic
mechanisms, assure maximum per-
formance.

AIRCRAFT FUEL PUMPS

Since before World War II, quan-
tity production of high-quality,
positive-displacement, low-pres-
sure, vane-type pumps, used with
recriprocating engines for fuel and
water, has gained for CECO an
enviable reputation as a principal
source of these aircraft engine
components. Presently in design
or production are both centrifugal
and vortex-type, high-pressure,
water-injection pumps, as well as
a wide assortment of new, high-
pressure, gear-type pumps. All are
for use with turbojet, turboprop,
and ramjet engines.

CARBURETORS

Today, as in the past, many lead-
ing military and commercial air-
craft are powered by engines
equipped with carburetors de-
signed and manufactured by
Chandler-Evans.

PROTEK-PLUGS

Protek-Plugs were developed by
CECO originally to prevent rust
in aircraft engines during storage.
Essentially containers for silica
gel, they are now used in instru-
ments, electronic equipment,
pumps, cameras and guns — even
under actual operating conditions.

A-70

mo mi

HITCO designs and produces High Temperature
Insulation Products for the new jet age of passenger
flight.

Advanced jet transports now span the continent in
less than four hours, and bring to air travelers a new
concept of comfort and convenience undreamed of
a few years ago.

New concepts in Aircraft Insulation have been
developed by HITCO Engineers to help make this
swift, quiet, vibrationless flight a reality.

Formed Panels for the insulation of passenger cabins,
high-temp ducting systems and jet engine insulation
are produced by HITCO in co-operation with major
airframe manufacturers.

Call on our Research and Development Engineers to
help solve your special high-temperature insulation
problems.

WHITE FOR FREE NEW CHARTI

Covers all basic types of fibrous
■1 insulation and their temperature ranges
■\ _ tnn- j. innn- f

H. I. THOMPSON FIB[H CLASS CO.

\-71

AVICA

P. O. BOX 180, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

AVICA mechanically attached
end fitting with swivel nut.

AVI [A

flexible metal

TUBING ASSEMBLIES

AVICA stainless steel flexible assemblies with mechanically
attached end fittings and swivel flanges in stainless steel or
aluminum are suitable for fuel, oil, hot air and other fluid
systems. They can be supplied to customers design in all I.D.
sizes from 14" to 4".

Let AVICA handle your rigid and flexible line problems.

KEY TO A COOL COURSE
FOR SIKORSKY!

Harrison-Cooled Sikorsky S-56

Carries Five and One Hall Tons!

The Sikorsky S-56 conquers new horizons for helicopters!

And Harrison engine and transmission oil coolers play a vital role
. . . keeping temperatures under control. Harrison heat
exchangers are light, compact ... yet rugged and dependable! They’re
designed for weight-saving, space-saving, money-saving performance.
That's why you'll find Harrison heat-transfer equipment on the
vast majority of today's helicopters ... on every type of aircraft from
lightweight commuter planes to long-range heavy bombers. So, if you have
a cooling problem, look to Harrison — with over 47 years’
experience in the manufacture of top-quality heat-control products.

One-Piece, One-Source Hydraulic Packages

by STIWTOPaUllR

• HYDRAULIC PUMPS HYDRAULIC VALVES

Package design provides optimum operation, minimum
weight and maximum reliability by eliminating a major
hydraulic problem . . . interconnection of dissimilar
units. Design matching and manifolding of all com-
ponents by the manufacturer simplifies trouble shooting.
Your package comes as a unit, tests as a unit and works
as a unit.

Package design by STRATOPOWER offers one source
responsibility of design, development and manufacture..

Sales and Service Offices
5058 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles 19, Califo
3323 Grove Street, Dallas 35. Texas
^^l*j0^o!^18^ellevucAVa5hingtoi^^^

As one of the largest manufacturers devoted exclusively
to aircraft hydraulic accessories, STRATOPOWER is
already volume producing many components at the rate
of thousands per month. By combining these installation-
proven components with other parts still in development
stages, STRATOPOWER can complete your package for
early delivery. For further information, contact The New
York Air Brake Company at the STRATOPOWER Sales
and Service office nearest you.

WATERTOWN division

THE NEW YORK AIR BRAKE COMPANY

5TA8BUCK AVENUE

WATERTOWN •

HONEST JOHN FIRING SHOWS HOW . . .

General Electric Specialty Heating
Maintains Propellant Temperature

T^ogress Is Our Most Important 1

GENERAL# ELECTRIC

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A-75

RELIABLE, COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT
VARIABLE DELIVERY PUMPS

3 Inlet pressure

Intermediate pressure
5 £~| Case drain

These compact , lightweight , variable delivery hydraulic pumps,
developed by the Denison Engineering Division of American Brake
Shoe Co., are built to meet today's demand for high performance.

• High power-to-weight ratio . . . available in varying capacities,
they are lighter than comparable pumps.

• High efficiency . . . will operate without boost at higher altitudes
than comparable pumps.

• Quick response . . . they meet and exceed Mil-P-7740B requirements.

• Excellent suction characteristics . . . self-priming even against a
blocked line.

• Reliable . . . excellent reliability record with military service.

• Easy maintenance . . . smaller, more compact, fewer wearing surfaces.

These units are two-stage, cam-actuated axial
piston pumps. Compounding is accomplished
by two-diameter pistons. Oil is drawn from
the inlet into a pintle in the center of the
cylinder' barrel. The primary stage, ported
from the pintle, consists of the large diameter
of the pistons. The oil is then delivered around
the back side of the pintle at approximately
100 psi, through porting in the port cap to the
small diameter of each piston.

The pistons are supported on an inclined cam
by hydraulically balanced shoes. The internal
drive shaft passes through the cam plate and
drives the cylinder barrel, which is supported
radially by a roller bearing.

The pistons are reciprocated by the hold-down
plate and the inclined cam plate. The hold-
down plate pulls them on stroke while prim-
ing. After prime has been gained, the pistons
are hydraulically pushed out by primary pres-
sure. The inclined cam forces the pistons in to
complete the pumping. The cam angle is
varied to regulate the pump displacement by
the pressure compensator acting on the
trunnioned hanger.

AP6Vseries:6gpmat 1500 rpm, 3750 rpm normal,
4500 rpm maximum, 3000 psi, approximately
14'A lbs.

KELLOGG DIVISION, Rochester, new york, u.s. a.

Manufacturers of fluid motors, hydroulic pumps, surge damping valves for the aircraft industry

When a jet pilot calls for afterburners or thrust reversers,
response must be instantaneous. That’s why Aeroproducts
high-temperature hydraulic actuators have been specified
for afterburners on the supersonic Lockheed F-104
fighter and Convair 6-S8 bomber.

And this is only one example of how Aeroproducts’
advanced engineering and production know-how is being
successfully applied to increasingly critical aircraft
accessory requirements.

If you’re on a design team for aircraft, missiles or power
plants, Aeroproducts stands ready to apply its vast
experience to your air-borne actuator, ram-air acces-
sory and turbo-propeller requirements. Write us on your
company letterhead for 28-page brochure, “Actuators
for Aircraft" and new design catalog, “Aeroproducts
Ram Air Accessories.”

m "Btuldmp (to hclny. . . (to XSmto

y\eroproducts

ALLISON DIVISION or GENERAL MOTORS • DAYTON. O

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Send for "Solar Advanced Technology”

Learn how this forward-looking
company can put its products, services
and facilities to work for you

CURRENTLY SOLAR IS DEVELOPING the

smallest gas turbine aircraft engines
ever built— to power one-man heli-
copters and unique flying platforms
under military study. They repre-
sent only one of the exciting projects
which typify Solar’s advanced engi-
neering for today— and tomorrow.

For three decades the company
has been an acknowledged leader
in working with high-temperature
stainless alloys. Products range from
powerful gas turbines to industrial

expansion joints, from missile com-
ponents to thrust-producing after-
burners, from stainless steel aircraft
nacelles to “hot parts” for advanced
jet engines.

A new 16-page brochure giving
full details about Solar’s products,
services and facilities is available
upon request. Send for it today and
learn how Solar can put this experi-
ence to work for you. Write to Dept.
D-112, Solar Aircraft Company, San
Diego 12, California.

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AVIATION DIVISION
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VELAND 8, OHIO
W^t Coast:

1736 Standard Ave., Glendale, Calif,
fin Canada:

127 Inkerman St., St. Thomas, Ontario

Mk.5

The Mk. A. 5 Seal now in quantity pro-
duction for United States Navy was
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is, aircraft or ordnance, come to Com* Air. We may be making the very
need. We can manufacture to your designs and most exacting specifica-
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Missile Programs Keyed to Reliability

By J. S. Butz, Jr.

Directors of the government’s missile programs are faced with learning
“infanticide" rather than “adolescenticide” if they are to stay within the
Administration’s fiscal ceiling and perhaps keep from bankrupting the econ-
omy. This statement paraphrases Dr. Clifford C. Furnas, former Assistant
Secretary of Defense, and has found agreement among missile leaders as
representing the future direction of government policy.

Its most important meaning for contractors is that there will be a marked
reduction in the number of missile development programs. There will be
fewer prime contracts to go around even though these projects will receive a
growing share of the defense dollar.

Missile development has grown so complicated and costly that it is no
longer possible to pursue many parallel approaches to a given weapon require-
ment. The decision to choose one weapon system for each combat task will
have to be made almost as soon as the task arises. The immense cost of con-
tinuing several closely related projects through adolescence has been ade-
quately emphasized during the recent cutbacks.

I he Navaho supersonic cruise mis-
sile, for instance, could be said to have
reached manhood before it was done
away with. It had consumed over $700
million before the decision was reached
that it wasn’t really necessary to the
current defense scheme.

Planning Groups

The task of the government’s plan-
ning and policy making groups in the
Defense Department is clearly to enlist
competent technical assistance to aid
in implementing planned and selective
infanticide among the myriad missile
system proposals which show promise.
The percentage of error allowed these
planning groups will approach zero for
if their judgment proves faulty there
will be no alternate system to fall back
on to meet a weapon requirement.

There will probably always be certain
areas in which infanticide will be im-
possible or dangerous because of a lack
of technical understanding. But the
feeling is growing among experts that
the knowledge is available to safely
eliminate parallel weapon systems in
many fields. The only ingredient lack-
ing is the management to properly use
the knowledge.

The current military approach to
making early decisions more competent
is to acquaint more people with the
roblems. Long range planning has
ecome a. part of all of the services.
The idea is to get experts concerned
with missile design, development, con-
struction, training, operation, supply,
maintenance, etc., to give their opinion
of the feasibility of the long-range plans.

One of the main problems facing
such dissemination of classified material
is security restrictions. Success of the
plan to date has been great enough to
bring requests for a widening of the

select group asked to comment on
future plans. It is felt that this type
of planning is necessary to produce
completely acceptable weapon systems.

Competitive outlook for the missile
industry is for rougher going. The num-
ber of potential prime contractors is
increasing as the last few aircraft firms
make their bid and the automobile
manufacturers enter the field. The
number of component and equipment
manufacturers is also growing rapidly.

Keypoint of the competition in every
phase of missile design and with every
type of missile equipment will be relia-
bility. Reliability specifications are
becoming part of the contract require-
ments that manufacturers will be called
upon to meet. Terms defining relia-
bility are becoming more stringent as
experience grows.

Another urgent military demand is
for simplification in the operation and
maintenance of a weapon system. This
requirement is often at variance with
the sophistication necessary to perform
elaborate maneuvers and missions in
the face of counteractions and in a wide
range of environments.

The government entrusts these ex-
tremely complicated and valuable ma-
chines to personnel whose average
experience is slightly above the appren-
ticeship level. It also pays to have
people wrestle with the contrasting
sophistication-simplification problems
instead of spending any money to keep
a permanent operating force of high
average competency. Therefore the
field is doubly fertile for any company
which can meet the simplification
requirements.

Electronic guidance and control sys-
tems which account for over 50 per
cent of the normal missile cost, minus

warhead, have basic requirements in
addition to reliability and simplicity.
One of great current importance is an
immunity against countcrmcasure-
ments. These range from all efforts to
distract or mislead the guidance system
through efforts actually to seize control
of the missile. The effectiveness of
present electro'nie countermeasures has
caused a large portion of every design
effort to be spent protecting against

The pressing need for reliability and
simplicity of operation and maintenance
is bringing about some major changes
in guided missile propulsion systems.
Solid propellant rocket engines are re-
placing liquid fuel rockets in many mis-
sile applications. This is especially
true for all weapon systems in which
the hard to handle, high energy propel-
lants for the liquid engine must be
transported by tactical units and then
pumped into the missile under combat
conditions. The constant readiness of
the solid fuel rocket cuts the power-
plant ready time to zero.

The level of skill necessary to oper-
ate and maintain this type of rocket is
also near zero when compared to the
liquid fuel engine. The cost of the
solid fuel engine is also below that of
the liquid when made in quantity.
Long-Range Missile

The last teal stronghold of the liquid
fuel rocket is the long-range ballistic
missile. These missiles require the
absolute maximum in efficiency and
thrust controllability from their engines.
Until recently liquid fuel motors
answered this need, but the advances
being made in the solid field have been
sufficient to make the solid propellant
long-range ballistic missile technically
feasible. Development has been initi-
ated on the Navy's Polaris, a solid fuel
IRBM, on the strength of this.

Most of a missile’s development
problems arc concerned with some very
small and seemingly minor component
according to the experts. Exhaustive
testing is done on the ground because
of the difficulty of monitoring all of
the missile’s parts during flight. As
valuable as this testing is it is never
enough to simulate completely the
whole missile in flight. It comes down
to the point that one small component
may keep a complete system from being
effective.

From the troubles that have been
experienced with faulty components to
date it would seem that the manufac-
turer which has a record for reliability
would enjoy a long and profitable stay
in the missile business.

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Avco is a builder of quality products for
the commercial economy and high-
performance military systems for national
defense. Gas turbine and reciprocating
aircraft engines, electronics systems, farm
implements, kitchen components and
the Nose Cone for the Air Force Titan
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
are being produced by Avco today.

There are many products that identify
Avco. All of them display distinguishing
characteristics of Avco workmanship . . .
skill, dependability, resourcefulness.

And Avco’s first order of business is
to make things better for America.

THIS IS AVCO
Avco today is a diversified organization
whose products include aircraft power
plants and structures, electronics for
defense and industry, and specialized
home and farm equipment.

Avco’s divisions and subsidiaries are:
Lycoming — aviation, marine and industrial
power plants . . . Crosley — electronics
systems and aircraft structures . . .
Research and Advanced Development . . .
American Kitchens . . . New Idea and
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Moffats Limited (Canada) — commercial
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These axial-piston pumps and motors are par-
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specify
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for MISSILE handling,
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when you require

1 extremely fast acceleration
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2 precise speed control ......

where precise control of torque, acceleration and
deceleration, speed or reversal are important.

The pump is a factory-assembled power pack-
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charging, control pressure and forced circulation
for cooling), replenishing and relief valves.

Transmissions are usually combinations of var-
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placement fluid motors. Peak output is at 3,000
psi from 45 to 3,600 hp.

Overall mechanical efficiency of these hydraulic
pumps or motors exceeds 91% at full load ; volu-
metric efficiency is 97% at 3,000 psi; torque
efficiency, when used as a hydraulic motor, ex-
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efficiency of a hydraulic transmission (pump and
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The versatility of THIOKOL liquid polymers and their ability
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long intrigued the chemical and rubber industries.

But only nine years ago "polymers for power" was a new and
daring concept in the field of rocketry. Army Ordnance spe-
cialists were among the first to recognize and promote solid
propellant rocket power based on Thiokol liquid polymers.

Today Thiokol solid propellant rocket engines developed in
conjunction with the U. S. Army power some of the nation's most
advanced missile systems: Nike Hercules, Hawk, Falcon, Lacrosse,
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An Army missile with a lethal
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The NPC Pellicle is a “aero
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quality. When used as a beam
splitter, it completely eliminates:

1 — separation of first and second
surface reflections (ghost im-

2 — refraction errors in the
transmitter image.

The Pellicle is a tough, trans-
parent elastic membrane which
stretches taut over a picture
frame type opening. About
3/10,000 of an inch thick, its uni-
formity over the entire area is
within a few wave lengths of
light!

Reflection ratio: controlled
coating permits the exact “split”
desired. NO LOSS coatings are
available if needed.

• Rotary Van Design

• Simplified Trouble-free construction

• Built to military specifications

• Automatic lubrication

• Separator for recovery of pump lubricant

• High efficiency

• Designed for continuous operation under extreme
environmental conditions

• Gasoline engine or electrical motor driven units

SPECIFICATIONS OF STANDARD UNITS
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We specialize in high vacuum pumping units. Our Model
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phosphate for evacuating liquid oxygen tanks and auxilliary
equipment. Our engineering facilities are available for your
pumping requirements.

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missile power problems?

RTING ?

Here is a rocket-motor starting
igniter engineered by Beckman &
Whitley. Threads into the
propellant chamber and withstands
its pressure. Arms and disarms
remotely, electrically; provides
status signals, electrical and
visual. How about one to your

S EPARATI □

This tiny guillotine severs
electrical or hydraulic lines
explosively by electrical command
signal, can be equipped with
wide range of squib provisions
— two examples are shown.
Many specialized types with
cutting diameters to 4 in.

have been produced.
What can we do for you?

in this Beckman & Whitley arming
and firing device are in duplicate for
ultimate reliability. Total arming time
adjustable from 2 to 8 sec. Has
automatic reset, electrical primer
safety switching and return
telemetering circuitry, is adjustable
for acceleration in either direction.
Other types include lanyard and
electrical arm/disarm canister and
primacord destructors. If your problem
is different, let us hear from you.

DESTRUCTION ?

Pre-packaged explosive power units provide higher
reliability and greater power for a given weight
and volume of space than any other actuation
method. Some of the many other applications to
valving, ejecting, fracturing, etc., may be interest-
ing to you. Just ask us.

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by their ability to withstand temperature ex-
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punishment. "Scotchcal" Film can be used

Eastern Air Lines marks planes
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Film chosen (or durability,
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for command emblems, instructional mark-
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letters, numbers and multi-colored placards.

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Big Contracts Spark Avionic Combines

By Philip J. Klass

Increasing share of the nation’s defense budget will be spent for avionics
in the next several years, but growing numbers of avionics manufacturers
are asking: How do we go about getting our share of this increased market?

Immediately following the now-famous Air Force briefing in June of top
industry representatives on future AF procurement trends, avionic company
officials emerged smiling, in sharp contrast to the grim looks on the faces of
jet engine aijd airframe officials. There appeared to be ample justification
for this optimism.

Air Force officials reported that by 1962 guided missile procurement would
be up about 500% over 1956 and would exceed dollars spent for aircraft.
This, of course, was before Sputniks I and II which have pushed up the
schedule. Average of about 50% of a missile’s cost goes for avionics,
compared to only about 25% for aircraft. Furthermore, avionics expen-
ditures not identified with a specific airframe or missile (like SAGE air defense
system) would reach $1.3 billion in 1962, almost double the 1956 figure.

Extreme optimism began to fade
when avionic company officials returned
home and took a look at the aircraft
missile mix of their current production
and development. In many companies
the production mix was predominantly
aircraft.

Not too many companies can boast
of as high a 50/50 aircraft/missile mix
in current developments-which will
determine production mix in the 1960-
62 period.

Recent General Electric analysis,
for example, shows that only 25% of
its defense electronics development pro-
grams are specifically pointed toward
missiles, although 90% of the products
or techniques have missile applications.
Contracts Getting Bigger

Another uncertainty factor, less
dramatic but equally important for the
avionics manufacturer, is the trend
toward larger, more complex weapon
systems. Recent GE study revealed
that average size of its defense elec-
tronics contracts had increased 400-
500% during past 10 years.

Trend is significant for both industry
giants and the many more medium-size
firms, with annual sales of perhaps S20-
80 million. The major weapon sys-
tem contracts normally go to the
giants. To many medium-size firms
this is a hard, and disappointing, fact
of life. But some of the giants are
now beginning to recognize the situa-
tion as a mixed blessing. This is partic-
ularly true as the Defense Department
economy axe falls on major weapon sys-
tem programs, such as the North Ameri-
can Navaho missile.

There is obvious business advantage,
and glamour, in being selected as prime
contractor on a large complex weapon
system. But such programs consume
large chunks of the prime contractor's
engineering staff and facilities. The

prime risks most of his chips on what
may prove to be an also-ran, leaving his
factory bare of production.

North American's Navaho is an ex-
ample. The company’s Autonetics di-
vision has one of the oldest and largest
inertial guidance groups in the country.
If this group had not been up to its
ears in the Navaho program, it seems
probable that it would have been se-
lected to supply inertial guidance for
one of the ballistic missile programs.
Today it is looking for business.

The trend toward fewer, but more
complex weapon systems is forcing the
giants to be more selective. It may also
lead weapon system primes to contract
out more of the subsystems work in
order to hedge their bets. One weapon
system prime contractor, for example,
with moderate in-house capability in
both flight control and inertial guid-
ance, recently sought to subcontract out
this portion of the weapon system.

The trend toward large complex
weapon systems has produced even
greater repercussions within the ranks
of medium-size avionics companies.
Companies that in former days were
prime contractors on major subsystems,
find their relative stature slipping as
weapon systems grow more complex.
Size Factor

These companies are, by themselves,
too small to win a major weapon system
prime. But they are too large to be
content with "handouts” on a catch-as-
catch-can basis from the weapon system
primes. This is leading to coalitions
or combines of medium-size firms,
either in formal or informal arrange-
ments, a trend first reported by Avia-
tion Week (May 6, p. 69).

For example:

• Emerson Radio & Phonograph Co.
has formed a loose federation of about

a dozen other firms with specialties in
complementary fields (such as rocket
propulsion and airframe design). When
a new military requirement comes up,
management and technical committees
are formed for the project, with repre-
sentatives from each firm whose skills
will be required. Committee decides
which company will function as prime
contractor for the project and submits
joint proposal in its name.

• Hoffman Electronics Corp. has
sounded out other medium-size avionics
and non-avionic companies about set-
ting up new company which would per-
form system management function for
participating members and submit joint
proposals on weapon system programs.

• Stavid Engineering Corp., Radioplane
division of Northrop Aircraft and Libra-
scope division of General Precision
Equipment Corp. have joined hands
to bid on a specific Air Force require-

Coalition

In some cases the government is
suggesting that smaller firms form coali-
tions to bid on a major program.
Recent example is the Airways Modern-
ization Board’s new traffic control data
processing and display system develop-
ment. (AW Sept. 30, p. 29.)

Other companies, like Davstrom,
which have acquired a number of
smaller companies during recent years,
are now seeking to integrate them in
order better to harness their individual
talents in a bid for major systems and
sub-systems.

The interesting result of these formal
and informal coalitions is that it fre-
quently places a medium-size company
in the position of competing with in-
dustry giants who are also customers,
or "cuspetitors," as one industry official
calls them.

But there are others, like Servomech-
anisms, Inc. for example, who believe
in sticking to their subsystem special-
ties. Although many companies of its
size have set up systems groups. Servo-
mechanisms intentionally retains "sub-
system" in the name of one of its major
divisions to emphasize that it does not
seek to compete with its customers.

On the other hand. Servomechanisms
docs not hestitate to diversify downward
and compete with its own vendors. For
example, company now makes its own
precision film potentiometers whereas it
formerly purchased pots from outside
suppliers. Company's research into
new vacuum-evaporation processes and
high temperature materials for potenti-
ometers has vaulted it into the field
of basic components (AW Sept. 30,
p. 70).

C-3

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

specify

High Temperature, Airborne Applications

RAYTHEON Guided Missile SUBMINIATURE
TUBES with RELIABILITY +

more than meet military specifications for all
characteristics important to guided missile
and other critical-applications.
Bulb temperature ratings to 265°C.

RAYTHEON SILICON POWER RECTIFIERS

Ratings to 325 volts peak and 15 amperes
average with rectification effici

Temperatures from —6S°C to +16S°C.

RAYTHEON PNP SILICON TRANSISTORS
in the JETEC 30 package

made by the Raytheon-perfected Fusion-Alloy
process for extreme reliability and long life.
Lowest noise facior.

Temperatures from —6S°C to +260°C.

RAYTHEON Diffused Junction SILICON
RECTIFIERS Both Stud and Wire-In Types
Ratings to 600 volts peak and 3.5 amperes
The Raytheon Solid State Diffused Junction
process insures uniformity and exact control oC
characteristics.

Temperatures from —6S°C to -\-16S°C.

RAYTHEON Bonded SILICON DIODES

combine low reverse current, exceptional
Stability and uniformity with small size for a
variety of applications requiring peak voltages tc
300 and currents to 80 mA.

Temperatures from — 65°C to + 150°C.

RAYTHEON MANUFACTURING CO.

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Transformers, Poise

for design
engineers

DIGITAL

INDICATOR

A new lightweight Digital Indicator for data
actual size display has been developed by Union Switch

& Signal that has many uses in aviation and
other industries. It is designed for either local
or remote use, on a direct wire basis, and re-
sponds to binary code. The indicator reads
out directly and has a non-dissipating stor-
age facility. Data can be printed out if neces-
sary. Write for Bulletin 1011.

mj

MINIATURE RELAYS
AC or DC

A wide variety of UNION AC or
DC Miniature Relays, with all
standard mountings, is stocked
for immediate shipment. Contacts
can be gold alloy, palladium or
the new HI-LO material which
permits the use of one relay for
both high-level loads of two am-
peres and low-level, dry-circuitry
loads, eliminating the need for
two separate relays.

Coil resistance runs up to 13,500
ohms, vibration resistance up to
2000 cycles at 30 G’s, and shock
in excess of 50 G’s. Write for Bul-
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DIVISION OF WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY

PITTSBURGH 18, PENNSYLVANIA

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

C-71

MISSILE

SUPPORT

SERVICE

You worry about the missile ... let Packard Bell Elec-
tronics take care of ground support! Proven perform-
ance in this field has resulted in a separate missile
equipment section devoted exclusively to ground test
and launching equipment. Here, in a 21,500 sq. ft. facil-
ity geared for short run production, experienced man-
agement shoulders complete responsibility. Here the
most radical design changes are absorbed during the
process of development. Here direct assembly super-
vision by production engineers eliminates costly and
lime-consuming delays. A reliable source, any way you
look at it. And a reliable way to rid yourself of a major
headache!

ENGINEERING
BEYOND THE
EXPECTED

DESIGN -When time dictates, avail-
able equipment can he adapted to

custom design, beyond the expected,
when you need it. For example, the
transistorized MACAMP power sup-
ply (right). This unit provides a

shoot and undershoot . . . and remote
regulation at longer distances than
has ever been achieved before with
this type of power supply.
DELIVERY-A contract from Doug-
las Aircraft for “Thor" test equip-
ment was awarded in March 1956.
A total of 100 units, comprising 30
different units, was delivered before
deadline in November. On-time de-
livery at its best . . . delivery beyond
the expected.

This transistorized
MAGAMP power sup-
ply delivers a 27V lo

The MAGAMP has a surge rapaeily of 100%- overload
for 2 seconds. Regulation al the load is 1% or better.
Recovery time is less than 50 milliseconds. Overshoot
and undershoot ore less than 25%. with a 30% change
in load. (Seale in above photos: 5V/CM and
I0MS/CM.)

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for ALL- Types

A most reliable link in communication from air to air, or
ground to air. Keeping pace with man’s conquest of space. Dome
and Margolin’s research and development programs have
produced over 100 different types of antennas to meet specific
needs. Functionally designed, these antennas are developed
for compatibility with the particular aircraft or missile —
structurally, aerodynamically and electronically.

In the Dome and Margolin catalog, you will see “families” of

( Continued on page C- 76)

Revere FLOWMETER
used in

BUDDY-SYSTEM

ELING

. . . No "Black Boxes" Needed

Buddy-system inflight refueling means greatly
increased range and striking ability for carrier-
based aircraft. The Revere Flowmeter System,
used in this new method of mid-air refueling and
now being produced for two Navy prime con-
tractors, totalizes flow accurately and depend-
ably without the use of "black boxes" or vacuum
tubes.

The output signal of the transmitter, shown
above, is fed directly into the electrical counter,
eliminating the need for external electronic atrw
plification.

Various impulse-flow ratios, flow rates to suit
your totalizing applications. Rate of flow indi-
cation also available.

REVERE CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Wallingford, Connecticut

A SUBSIDIARY OF NEPTUNE METER COMPANY

EDITION

The word for mobile,
air-transportable systems is

In this increasingly mobile age of electronics, nearly every- when il
thing that must move swiftly and arrive safely can do it

CRAIG!

housed in a lightweight Craig Hclicop-Hut;

like the LM-105 you see on this page,
direct — for a helicopter can transport

problem in mobile, air-transportable systems.

From Craig: A COMPLETE LINE OF MOBILE, AIR-TRANSPORTABLE SHELTERS, VANS, TRAILERS LIKE THESE . .

Easier Working...
Super Durable !

Chester Plasticote is
the rugged insulation
that adds years to
wiring life. Super-
durable, Plasticote
also offers the smooth
pliable qualities that
make Chester
conductors easier to
work with. Specifying
Plasticote means you
raise wiring quality
at the same time you
increase wiring
production! Call or

and bulletins.

CHESTER

CABLE CORP

for

Wiring Dependability

Transmitters, Fuel Quantity

C-78

1958

TAILORED TO WITHSTAND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

* Originally introduced as Bendixf Scinseol , this remarkable protective cov-
ering for wiring assemblies has achieved wide acceptance because of its
versatility and adaptability to virtually any installation condition. Benseal
is identical to the product produced under the former name Scmseal.

If your operations require the use of
wiring assemblies which must function
in extreme temperature conditions
or withstand other environmental
hazards, you need the protection of
Benseal. It is the perfect protective
material for wiring assemblies and
usually eliminates the need for metal
conduits.

The Benseal process was developed
by Scintilla Division of Bendix for

the fabrication of wiring assemblies
using polyvinyl sleeving and molded
junctions. It is formulated to provide
wiring with an air-tight seal against
operational hazards and gives the
protection you need, whether your
problem is extreme heat, extreme
cold, fuel and acid proximity or, per-
haps, a combination of these factors.

Whatever your wiring assembly
difficulties may be, it’s a good bet

that Benseal can help you solve them.
It comes in varying colors, each indi-
cating a different function, and can
also be hot-stamped to provide posi-
tive identification. Many electrical
connector adapter molds are avail-
able, as well as the Ts, Y’s and
variable molds necessary to provide
reliable assemblies of any configu-

Dctailed information and data on
Benseal are available on request.

SCINTILLA DIVISION OF BENDIX AVIA-

Scintilla Division

C-79

St., Rochester 9, N Y.

WE5TINGH0USE ELECTRIC CORP., P. 0. 6m 868.
Pittshoroh 30, Pa. SEE ADV. C-83. C-89

Transmitters, Oil Pressure

I Continued on page C.-S1 )

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE-EDITION

NEW AUTO-LITE

GENERAL PURPOSE
HIGH-TEMPERA TURE
AIRCRAFT WIRE

7 > e/-/bftn9hce-P/-oi/&/.. .

FROM MINUS 80°F
TO PLUS 400°F

Here is an aircraft wire specifically designed for
use in circuits not exceeding 400°F ... at lower
cost than other high-temperature wires that are
presently available. It is Government-approved
. . . and is currently being used throughout
the aircraft industry.

Only the finest grade copper and silver plated
wire conductors are used in the manufacture
of Auto-Lite 350 Wire. It is insulated with
heat-resisting silicone rubber, fibre glass sep-
arators and fireproof braids.

250

200

150

100

AN-JC-48

type

Mil-W-5086

type

lexibleot -70°F.

50

Now... a battery of
Hydroforms at

— to reduce your development time and
costs on every pre-production run!

Specify
KAUPP

for Accurate Forming and Drawing of
Cold ^Rolled Steel, Aluminum, Copper,

Kaupp hydroformed prototypes and
pre-production parts are accurately formed and
drawn in less time, at lower cost. Hydroforming
produces short run, and in some cases
production pieces, quicker and more
economically than tool and die methods. New
equipment installed by Kaupp assures faster
service. For complete information on Kaupp
metal forming facilities, call or write today!

FEWER DRAWING OPERATIONS
SIMPLER TOOLING
FASTER SET-UP
IMPROVED QUALITY

Expanded Kaupp facilities include deep
drawing by conventional methods for volume
production runs and a completely equipped
metal spinning department.

c. B. KAUPP & SONS

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Ime as a Bird

Up there— on its own, total success
is the sum of component reliability!

US Armed Forces . . . prime military contractors . . .
have long entrusted Robertshaw-Fulton with
responsibility for complete development and
manufacture of missile systems and components.
Shown here: Typical R-F electronic and
mechanical products embodying exceptional
operating integrity. Insure success — specify R-F
for reliable "on target” performance.

AERONAUTICAL

> INSTRUMENT DIVISION

HELIUM PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS

Major missile programs utilize mobile, all-weather
support equipment designed and developed by R-F.
Sponsor of the Annual Helium Symposium...
operator of extensive helium test facilities . . .
center of helium pressurization research.

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st miniature electrical
:tors, fully conforming to
3" performance require-
of MIL-C-5015C. 4 con-
ions, S shell sues, 17 insert
[ements are available.

AN CONNECTORS
Amphenol offers one of the most
complete lines of these famous
connectors in the industry.
Gold-plated contacts, blue
diallyl phthalate dielectrics.

RF CONNECTORS

idreds of UG types in every
ular series. The remarkable
iature Subminax connect-
henol. Also matching

CUSTOM ENGINEER

group— furthering the connector “art" in
imaginative ways that benefit the entire
industry. Totally neto connector lines from
AMPHENOL in 1958 will once again reflect
the “future oriented” philosophy of
ELECTRONICS CORPORATION chici.po

CABLES & WIRE
Almost 100 RG cables, Stan
and miniature, in polyeth'
and Teflon dideeUeB 1
Hook-Up Wire to MIL

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HERMETIC SEALS
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ire AN and Rack & Panel
inectors; a full line of her-
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iled for outstanding per-
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Transmitters, (Radio
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WESTINGHOUSE
TEST EQUIPMENT

for improved aircraft
and missile performance

1 WIND TUNNEIS: Westinghouse has designed and built over
half the wind tunnel horsepower used in the United States
today. A single-source supplier, Westinghouse has the experience,
knowledge and facilities to build complete drive complexes,
compressors and electrical apparatus for all subsonic and super-
sonic wind tunnels used to test aircraft, missiles and engines.

2 ELEVATED TEMPERATURE STRUCTURES TEST
FACILITIES: Westinghouse ETSTF provide accurate simu-
lation of heating from atmospheric friction. They include: the
Westinghouse-developed Ignitron power controller which pro-
vides temperatures to 2500°F per second, with an accuracy of
±1% ; high-amperage, low-impedance bus duct for 1, 600-amp
loading; temperature-sensing equipment; precision regulation
for temperature versus time or aerodynamic heating.

3 ROTATING TEST STANDS: Westinghouse, an experienced
supplier of a-c and d-c apparatus and steam turbines, designs
and manufactures test equipment for high-performance evalua-
tion of any type of rotating equipment. High-performance
rotating test stands fit the most exacting mechanical, electrical
and physical requirements for testing aircraft, missile and power
plant components, accessories and auxiliaries.

For additional information, call your Westinghouse sales
representative, or write: Westinghouse Electric Corporation,
3 Gateway Center, Box 868, Pittsburgh 30, Pennsylvania.

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Computing Components/
Instrumentation and Controls

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NAVIGATION

SYSTEMS

Kearfott Systems include
3 gyro, 3 and 4 gimbal
platforms. They provide
precise azimuth and
vertical reference. Also
Directional Gyro Compass
Systems.

Kearfott produces
mplete line of gyro;

Precision

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All these, and other Grecnleaf products, may
readily be modified in many respects to meet
your individual requirements.

Complete specifications and technical Bulletins
will be sent immediately upon request. Write,
wire or ’phone today.

MANUFACTURING COMPANY

USTRIES, INC.
Louis 17, Missouri

C-94

7814 M«

SUBMINIATURE

HSD-HSB and MPF SERIES NOW STOCKED
FOR SAME DAY SHIPMENT

The country’s largest facilities for the production of
toroidal components now makes possible the maintaining
of warehouse stocks and immediate delivery of CAC’s popu-
lar subminiature toroids — in a wide range of inductances.
This is CAC's answer to heavy industry-wide demand.
Elaborate testing and inspection procedures assure both
quality and required performance.

Our “Heart of America" location minimizes transit' time
to all parts of the U. S.

World’s Largest Exclusive Producer of Toroidal Windings

COMMUNICATION ACCESSORIES COMPANY

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( Continued from page C-91)

Viuo Corp. Of America, 261 Madison Are, New York
WESTINGH0U5E ELECTRIC CORP., P. 0. Box 86B,

WIRE

PRODUCTS

HIGH TEMPERATURE CABLE...

Suitable for operating temperatures up to 650° with nickel-clad copper
conductor and laminated insulation having superior dielectric strength and
sture resistance. In AWG sizes 22 thru 4/0. In accordance with
Mll-C-25038.

ELECTRONIC HOOKUP WIRE...

Teflon insulated silver coated copper conductor with insulation in standard
ts in accordance with MIL-C-1 6878.

EXTRA FLEXIBLE CABLE...

High Temperature and Moisture Resistant Electrical Cable. Lewis "EXFLEX"
Cable, single and multi-conductor, superior for circuits on hinged or pivoted
parts. Resistant to abrasion and temperaures to 500°F.

HEATING CABLE...

with nickel-chrome conductor and laminated insulation for operation a
500°F. extensively used by central stations to maintain proper temperatures
n pipe lines exposed to wide variations in ambient temperature.

GLASS & ASBESTOS INSULATED HEATING CABLE...

CUSTOM CONSTRUCTED CONTROL CABLES AND
THERMOCOUPLE-WIRE CABLES . . .

FIRE-RESISTANT AND HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT
CABLE . . .

THERMOCOUPLE WIRE AND

ron-constantan, copper-constantan
and jacketed. Multi-pair cables, shield

EXTENSION WIRE . . .

nd chromel-alumel to MIL specifi-
and shielded, cabled, shielded
jacketed for missile applications.

RESISTANCE ELEMENT AND

UNITS . . .

Core-wound flexible heating element and
s heating-pads, sealers, curling-ir
Insulations of asbestos or glass or

for low wattage appliances
vire marking machines, c
mbinations of both.

By utilizing and combining the various qualities of fire, heat, abrasion and
moisture resistance of asbestos, glass, silicones and Teflon*, we have
developed many special wires and cables for avionic and electronic appli-
cations. We invite inquiries for cables and wire constructed to customers'
specifications for special applications.

* DuPont Trade Mark

fth^Ewi^NG?NEER?N^0MP4Myl

C-97

1958 AVIATION WEEK 8UYERS' GUIDE EDITION

including tubes,
aircraft conver-
sion equipment,
selenium rectifi-
ers and radar
components.
Illustrated bulle-
tins sent on re-
quest.

O HIGH

PERFORMANCE

HYDROGEN

THYRATRONS

design and production of
these special types have
resulted in tubes that offer
superior service in the gen-
eration of pulse voltages in
the order of microseconds.

CHATHAM
TYPE 5949/1907

CHATHAM
TYPE VC-1258

Hydrogen filled,
zero bias thyra-
tron with hydro-
gen reservoir
for generation
of peak pulse
power up to
6.25 mega-

Zero bias mini-
ature thyratron
for generation
of peak pulse
power to 10
KW. Available
with 28 volt
heater, rugged-

treme vibra-

CHATHAM
TYPE 5948/1754

CHATHAM
TYPE VC-1257

M

Hydrogen filled,
zero bias thyra-
tron with hydro-
gen reservoir
for generation
of peak pulse
poweruptol2.5
megawatts.

voltage surge of ordinary rectifiers.

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM — Chatham facilities
are available for the solution of problems
involving tubes and special equipment for
industrial and military applications. Your
inquiry will receive prompt attention.

CHATHAM

ELECTRONICS

LIVINGSTON, NEW JERSEY

High power Radar modulators

Division of Tung -Sol Electric, Inc .

Circle Number 96 on Reader-Service Card

aymsriA.TXjK.E and subminiature

Transmitters, (Radio
Communication Very
High Frequency)

DEFENSE ELECTRONICS PRODS. AOV. RADIO
CORP. OF AMERICA, From A Cooper Sis., Com-

relays

Circle Number 98 on Reader-Service Cord

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C-99

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

I

TIME DELAY RELAY used
on Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Cirelo Number 101 on Reader-Service Card

AGMA

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P.0. Box 537 Roseville, Mich.

OUTERS' GUIDE

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

The Fairchild line of precision components includes forty-two
standard types of precision potentiometers, pressure transducers
and accelerometers. Please note that this does not include any of
the countless specials or design variations on basic units that we
have made for various customers ... or could make for you.

The 42 standard types embody seventeen basic product
categories including wire wound or metal film, single- or
multi-turn, linear and non-linear in both phenolic and metal cases;
and high temperature types. Pressure transducers, accelerometers,
trimmer potentiometers and linear motion potentiometers are
also available.

In all these, Fairchild's continuing and extensive research now
provides you with the optimum designs for size and functional
conformity to best meet your individual needs. Whatever your
potentiometer or transducer problem is, let Fairchild help you.
Write for our new condensed catalog. Fairchild Controls
Corporation, Components Division, Dept. 140-82V.

PRECISION POTENTIOMETERS
11 and COMPONENTS

C-101

Cooling Units, with or without refrigeration cycles, provide safe
operating temperature limits in electronic equipment. Pressuriza-
tion Units that meet government specifications maintain proper
operating pressures at various altitudes, and utilize dehydrators
that remove moisture and dust from ambient air. A program
of research and development continually expands perform-
ance ranges to provide customized units to meet your needs.

When your problem is to make your e

j INDUSTR

100 Skiff SI. Hi

INDUSTRIES, INC.

Hamden 14, Conn.

be reliable at temperatures from — 55°C to -)-55°C;
over 70,000 feet.

• 30 VA OUTPUT

Circle Number 105 on Reoder<Service Cord

C-104

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

I • PLUG-IN CONNECTORS

COMPONENT END SEALS

TRANSISTOR CLOSURES

# ® ^

• CUSTOM TERMINATIONS

Hermetically Sealed miniature,

sub-miniature or standard E-I terminals are
specified for performance plus in military and
commercial service. These dependable com-
pression seals perform successfully under the
gruelling conditions . . . offer maximum
immunity to shock, vibration and wide varia-
tions of temperature and pressures. Check your
sealed terminal requirements with E-I — rec-
ommendations will be made on your specific
applications without obligation.

ELECTRICAL
INDUSTRIES

691 CENTRAL AVENUE, MURRAY HILL, NEW JERSEY

tl, 0

I flA# SUBMINIATURE PRECISION RATE GYRO

With Constant Damping Over A Wide Temperature Ranged

ACTUAL SIZE

NO HEATERS
REQUIRED!

in Detroit Controls
own stabilization equipment.
This subminiature, precision rate gyro

a leader in its field of stabilization

It has production engineered this subminiature
rate gyro for quantity manufacture.
The gyro’s well advanced design features
meet the ever increasing demands for
miniaturization and greater durability.

Check these unusual,
high standard
specifications . . .

1. Constant damping

(0.5 ± 0.1 critical from —20° F to + 210° F)

2. Subminiature size
(0.936" dia. x 2.0" long)

3. Outstanding reliability
(exceeds requirements of
MIL-E-5272A Specs)

4. High resolution <0.01% of full scale

5. Extremely high natural frequencies

6. Variety of motor characteristics available
(30, 20, or split 10 ;

26V or 6.3V; 400 to 1000 cps)

7. Wide variety of sensing ranges
(from 20°/sec to 1000° /sec full scale

8. Light weight; 3.5 oz.

9. Gyro Output Signal, Full Scale, from 1.5v to
7.0 volts, 400 cps, depending on related
requirements

Military Products Department

DETROIT _C ON TOOLS

Division o I AMERiCAN-c$tandard

er-Servico Card

Tuning Units, Antenna

Meeting ever higher standards for performance and reliability demands persis-
tent, successful application of new engineering concepts to produce the
electronic brains, the nerves, the muscles of control. In this continuing evolution
of the hardware of sense, intelligence and reaction, our measure of success is
this: Today, United Control equipment, systems and accessories are used by every
major aircraft manufacturer for the nation’s most advanced missiles, supersonic
fighters and bombers, and commercial jetliners.

UNITED CONTROL CORPORATION

4540 Union Bay Place • Seattle 5, Washington

Temperature Control Systems • Transducers and Computers • Valves and Actuators
Flight Control Systems • Cryogenic Devices • Flight Instrumentation
Servo Systems » Liquid Level Controls • Data Processing and Presentation Systems

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Circle Number 109 on Reoder.Service Cord

TUNING UNITS

Airwork has the largest stock of factory-new Bendix
Benflex electrical connector parts in the South . . . stocked
next to the Miami Airport. Here, too, is an authorized
assembly line — ready to assemble to your specifications.

Deliveries are prompt . . . quality uniformly high. ALL
material and operations conform to both the manufacturer’s
and military specifications. More than 500 different Benflex
connectors can be promptly assembled to meet your needs.

High quality guaranteed. For more information, call or
write: F. H. Lee.

e p. O. Box 194

International Airport
MIAMI 48, FLORIDA

Waveguide

( Continued on page C-112)

C-108

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1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

f-Service Cord

C-109

»oS

MArket 3-7584

A complete solution to your closure problem is as near
as your telephone! Chances arc, Hudson can supply an
economical standard stock item, from factory stocks,
that will meet your requirements exactly. Where
specifications call for unusual designs, Hudson can
produce precision-drawn custom closures to meet your
assembly line schedules.

Hudson standard and special closures are available
with complete cover assemblies if desired. Quotations
on sub-assemblies, including certified spot welding
and silver soldering will be supplied promptly on
receipt of your drawings and data.

Write or phone for a copy
of the Hudson catalog
on standard precision-
drawn cases and covers

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WAVEGUIDE

Wiring Devices

Airtron, Inc., ion West Elizabeth Ave., Linden,

C-112

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0114

servo problems stock units can’t solve

This equipment “does the job right” because it was especially
designed for a single application ... by a company whose major
function is solving individual servo control problems with com-
plete, precisely engineered and manufactured servo assemblies.

Of course, if you just want servo components, Daystrom
Transicoil can provide them to the highest order of precision
and accuracy. But it is in the “package” engineering of unique
assemblies that Daystrom TransicoiPs experience and creative
imagination offer the greatest value. And in most cases, these
assemblies cost no more than the individual components would
purchased separately.

Check out your next servo problem with Daystrom Transicoil
first. Ask for the new gear-motor availability guide if you
haven’t yet received a copy.

I

DAYSTROM TRANSICOIL CORP.

A Subsidiary of Daystrom, Inc.

Worcester • Montgomery County «

C-115

Record, Reduce, and Analyze Data on Magnetic Tape

ON-THE-SCENE RECORDING
Getting the data on tape is generally just as difficult
as the available space is limited. But standard record-
ers available from the Davies Laboratories Division
can meet even the severe restrictions of missile flight.
Recorders for airborne, mobile, and other uses charac-
terized by limited space and severe environmental con-
ditions range from a complete six track system in a
seven inch cube illustrated, to a 10%" reel recorder
with 14 or more tracks. Electronic Housings con-
tain complete power facilities, while interchangeable
plug-in cards provide recording circuitry for direct,
FM, PWM, or digital pulse techniques on each track.
Operating on 28 volts DC and/or 115 volts, 400 cps,
recorders provide tape speeds from y 2 to 60 ips. All
include provision for electronic wow and flutter com-
pensation perfected by the Davies Laboratories Divi-
sion. Standard portable recording equipment is described
in Bulletin 2602.

UNIVERSAL SYSTEMS RECORD/REPRODUCE
IN THE LABORATORY

Universal Magnetic Tape Systems combine the ready
to use trouble-free qualities of a "package” with the
precision, accuracy, and flexibility of the far more ex-
pensive custom designs. Systems available provide up
to thirty tracks of data capacity, interchangeable
plug-in direct, FM, or PWM recording electronics for
each track, electronic compensation for wow and flut-
ter, plus numerous other features proved through years
of service in jets, missiles, and on the ground. Features
never before available in a “package” system include
a choice of six tape speeds at the flip of a switch, auto-
matically switched components to match tape speed,
and precise time coincidence of data across the tape.
Custom systems are readily available for those few
applications for which a Universal System is not
suited. Write for Bulletin 2701.

AUTOMATIC WAVE ANALYZERS SPEED
DATA REDUCTION . . . IMPROVE
STATISTICAL RELIABILITY
Feed data from magnetic tape or other steady state
sources into a Davies Laboratories Division Automatic

Wave Analyzer and a complete Fourier series is auto-
matically plotted and printed in permanent record
form as either amplitude versus frequency or power
versus frequency. Model 9020A analyzes frequencies
from 3- cps to 2 kc, and Model 9050A has a frequency
range of 3 cps to 10 kc. Both have a "quick look”
facility for a fast picture of major frequency com-
ponents, and both are characterized by high amplitude
accuracy, wide voltage range, high resolution, and
adjustable bandwidths. Multichannel inputs permit
simultaneous analysis of up to six data channels. Write
for Bulletin 9001.

MULTI-TRACK RECORD/REPRODUCE HEADS
Head styles are available from the Davies Laboratories
Division to satisfy all of the major considerations of
data recording, including precise data coincidence
among tracks across the tape, maximum number of
tracks per inch of tape width, high speed stop/start
operation, special pulse system requirements, and
efficiency in low speed recording. Inline head stacks
for data coincidence, interleaved head stacks for high
track density, and “pointed” head stacks for high
speed stop/start pulse systems are constructed for
maximum accuracy under the most adverse environ-
mental conditions. Write for Bulletin 3300.

Space does not permit coverage of more than a few
kinds of Davies Laboratories Division equipment for
data recording, reduction, and analysis. Chances are,
whatever your tape requirements, Davies Division
is experienced in satisfying them. Tell us what they
are, and we'll be happy to send you whatever litera- ■
lure is available, or have a representative at your door
at your convenience. If you’d like a general rundown
of magnetic tape data recording, and the techniques
available for getting your data accurately on tape,
write for Bulletin 1001, "The Role Of Magnetic Tape
In Data Recording" . Minneapolis-Honeywell Regula-
tor Company, Davies Laboratories Division, 10721
Hanna Street, Beltsville, Maryland. WEbster 5-2700.

Honeywell

DAVIES LABORATORIES DIVISION

C-116

MICROPHASE R. F. FILTERS FOR AIRCRAFT, MISSILES

• FLEXIBILITY OF DESIGN

• HIGH PERFORMANCE

• RELIABILITY . . .

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FIRST “150-MILE" WEATHER RADAR
THAT FITS ALL THREE!

There’s a big difference in the size of the
aircraft shown above. There’s a big differ-
ence, too, in the jobs they arc required to
perform. But one thing they do share in
common — an ability to fly safely and
smoothly either through or around storm
fronts or other dangerous weather con-
ditions. For all three arc equipped with
the new Bendix* RDR-1D Airborne
Weather Radar System.

Substantial weight and size reductions,
without impairment of quality or per-
formance, now enable Bendix to offer this
150-mile-rangc, airline type weather radar
equipment to a much wider variety of
business and commercial aircraft.

Performance equals that of present
commercial weather radar systems re-
quiring twice the amount of electronic
rack space. Total system weight is now

approximately 85 pounds. For aircraft
lacking sufficient space for the larger 22-
and 30-inch “dish” antennas, new 1 5- and
18-inch sector scanning antennas will be
available.

What’s more, the new components are
interchangeable with Bendix' famed,
time-tested veteran of the global airways,
the RDR-1B X-Band System. In addition
to its primary function, this new RDR-1D
system matches its famous counterpart for
ground mapping and terrain avoidance.

For complete information, write to Ben-
dix Radio, Aviation Electronic Products,
Baltimore 4, Maryland. Or West Coast —
10500 Magnolia Blvd., N. Hollywood,
Calif.; Export — Bendix International Di-
vision, 205 E. 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y.
Canada — Computing Devices of Canada
Limited, P. O. Box 508, Ottawa 5, Ont.

Bendix Radio Division

BALTIMORE 4, MARYLAND

C-118

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PSP SOLENOIDS
COVER THE FIELD!

PSP ENGINEERING COMPANY

DIVISION OF INDUCTION MOTORS CORF.
6058 Walker Avenue, Maywood, California
PRECISION SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS

AMERICAN

N I C S. INC.

INSTRUMENT DIVISION

American Electronics, for years a prime
electronic component supplier consists of five
divisions. . . each with its own engineering and
production facilities. This is why, when you
specify AEI products, you get individualized
attention, prompt engineering service, production
according to specifications and deliveries on time.

Almost every item that American makes is
designed and produced to meet the customer’s
particular problem. The next time you need a
dependable source for the electronic components
and related products listed below, submit your
needs to American Electronics, Inc., then relax.
Full technical information available on
all products.

Servo Systems - Spectrometers • Static DC Power

ELECTRONICS

Wave you heard about the amazing engineering
opportunities at American?

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C-119

oscillographic

recording

equipment

B ASIC "I50" assemblies housed in either vertical
mobile cabinets or separate portable cases are
available in 1-, 2-, 4-, 6- and 8-channel models. Each
is equipped with driver amplifiers of current feedback
design and regulated power supplies for each channel,
and a recorder featuring nine extremely accurate paper
speeds on 2- to 8-channel models, five on single channel
units. Appropriate plug-in preamplifiers quickly and
efficiently equip a basic assembly for recording virtually
any 0-100 cps phenomena.

SANBORN COMPANY

INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

175 WYMAN ST. WALTHAM 54, MASS.

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C-121

Guiding a missile, or speeding flight and flight environmental
data back to control and tracking centers, is too much of a job
for conventional communication systems. Supersonic speeds
call for lightning fast data communications, coupled with the
utmost reliability.

Capitalizing on the ease of converting messages into digital
form, Motorola scientists and engineers have developed a num-
ber of Data Link Communications Systems suitable for piloted
aircraft, as well as missiles.

NERVE CENTER FOR DATA LINK SYSTEMS

With Data Link Systems, messages that have been translated
into on-off pulses can be transmitted by any of the common
modulation schemes with a suitable carrier. The transmitter can
be air-borne, ship-borne, or land-based. Received messages are
amplified, decoded, and transformed into a form suitable for
display, or stored for some future time, or used for direct control
through auto pilots, for example.

One of the Data Link Systems designed at Motorola utilizes an
all-transistor converter-coupler, packaged in modular form.
The total system consists of eight modules, each approximately
x I'k". The fully transistorized circuitry is of the highly
trix type logical circuitry used in many digital
" :h type transistors employed are a product
[ of the Motorola Semi-Conductor Division. Indicative of the
I stringent testing program to which the transistors are subjected
a 1000-hour life test at 86" C.

or another Data Link program, Motorola has designed a
resolver-type outputs. A single time-shared
sitions anyone of the five resolvers in accord-
with commands from the ground transmitter.

aimed at solving one of
iducted by Motorola for

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Its mission... THE PREVENTION OF WAR!

Alert, skilled, prepared, on the job . . «

SAC expresses America's desire for peace
with honor and justice. For SAC's far-ranging
aircraft, RCA provides the priceless asset of
complete and instantaneous communication.

RADIO CORPORATION of AMERICA

Defense Electronic Products
Camden, N. J.

FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUITS- k

A new concept in wiring and 9
harnessing, Sanders flexible r
printed circuitry eliminates
wiring errors and reduces
assembly costs. Flexible cir-
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form /or use in electronic
systems, computor harnesses,
switchboards and appliances.
Multi-layerconsttuction takes
up to 63% less space than
conventional wiring, and in

duced weight by 75%.

"Consistently dependable”. That’s the
national reputation established by the elec-
tronic, electro-mechanical and hydraulic com-
ponents engineered and produced by Sanders
Associates.

Sanders offers a complete engineering serv-
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engineering, research aerodynamics, modular
electronics, microwave engineering, electro-
mechanics and hydraulics, commercial devel-
opment, special purpose tubes, and complete
type test facilities. Extensive manufacturing
facilities available.

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leakage and high reliability.
Complete systems can be de-
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RATE GYROSCOPE - A preci- k
sion subminiature device for V
converting rate into an A.C. F
signal. Meets requirements
ol sensitive control and sta-
bilizing systems for aircraft
and missilcs.Fcatures include:

• Lifelong Hermetic Sealing

• Excellent Resolution* High
Sensitivity • Small Size: 2?W'
longx 1 5/16" Diameter •
Lightweight: 3-%oz.

For complete information u

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RAPID ACCESS in Analog Data Reduction Systems

DIGITAL TIMING GENERATOR MAGNETIC TAPE SEARCH UNIT

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CONVAIR

ALL WEATHER INTERCEPTOR
F-106

CONVAIR

ALL WEATHER INTERCEPTOR
F 102

REPUBLIC

THUNDERCHIEF

Modern Aircraft Flies with
Hoover Electric Company
Power Flight Control Equipment

Successful performance of today’s aircraft and
missiles is dependent on electric power flight
control actuators for operation of complex
flight guidance systems.

Hoover Electric Company will design and build to your specific
requirements special actuators, motors, gearing, and complete
power packages for any application— in experimental or production
quantities.

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actuators

New Projects Hypo Support Development

By George L. Christian

With Mach 2 tucked safely under its wing, USAF is lifting its aircraft sights
to Mach 4—2,720 mph. To assure the availability of aircraft equipment
capable of operating at the blast furnace temperatures developed by such
speed-up to 1,000F on most of the airframe— Air Force has set up several
projects.

Among them are contracts with:

• Republic Aviation Coro, for develop-
ment of a 1.000F hydraulic system.
This includes coming up with a surface
control actuator capable of operating
at 1,200F ambient.

• Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Georgia
Div., for design development and func-
tional test of a pneumatic svstem up to
1.000F.

• North American Aviation, Inc., Los
Angeles Div., for development of an air-
borne electrical power generation sys-
tem capable of withstanding 600F for
prolonged periods of time. Program is
not aimed at any specific plane but is
designed for the benefit of the Air Force
and industry generally (AW Oct. 21,
p- 59).

1.000F Fluids

Major obstacle to very high tempera-
ture hydraulic systems— fluids which will
not break down at temperatures of
l,000F-is being overcome. Some fluids
which are being considered for a use
in 1,000F hydraulic systems are:

• Bis Para Phcnoxy Phenyl Ether— said
to be one of the more promising fluids,
its primary disadvantage is a high melt-
ing point, about 200F. However, if the
fluid shows promise and resists break-
down at the upper temperature limits,
ways may be found to lower the melt-
ing point substantially. A lot of re-
search is being done in the entire field
of ethers.

• Liquid metal— NaK„-so called be-
cause it is composed of 23% sodium
and 77% potassium. Feature of the
fluid is that it remains liquid at tem-
peratures ranging from 20F to approxi-
mately 1,000F. Major drawback of the
liquid metal is that it is highly explosive

Other fly fluids being investigated for
possible use in 1,000F hydraulic systems
arc called Silphenylene and Tcrphcnyl.

Finding a fluid that will operate satis-
factorily at 1,000F is only half the
battle.

Next problem will be to determine
how to make the fluid remain liquid at
temperatures down to — 65F. It is pos-
sible that some sort of compromise will
hava to be reached at the low end of
the temperature scale.

Very nigh temperature hydraulic sys-
tem seals will have to be metallic or lap
fits since it does not appear that any

elastomers will be able to operate at
1 ,000F.

Pumps, valves and components will
probably be made of superalloys such as
Haynes #25, chromium carbide or pos-
sibly tool and die steels.

Lines for a 1.000F hydraulic system
could be made of Inconel.

Very close tolerances— and sometimes
lap fits— which arc becoming increasingly
common in valves, actuators and pumps
used in modem hydraulic systems de-
mand hygienic cleanliness throughout
the hydraulic system. As one engineer
put it, “today’s hydraulic systems have
to be pristine and gleaming through-

Vulnerable point of high pressure
(3,000 psi.) high temperature (275F)
systems in today’s planes arc the pumps.
Reason is that they have to do more
work under increasingly high tempera-

Before the introduction of hydraulic-
ally powered flight controls, hydraulic
pumps worked at takeoff and landing
to raise and lower gear and flaps, and
occasionally to adjust cowl flaps. Dur-
ing most of the flight they merely
coasted. Today, they are in constant
operation to supply pressure to the hy-
draulically-powered flight control sys-

At least one major airframe manufac-
turer has developed a “patch test" to
check cleanliness of newly delivered
pumps and just-completed hydraulic sys-
tems to assure the degree of cleanliness
necessary for proper operation.

Patch Testing

Patch testing involves putting samples
of fluid from the hydraulic system on
patches of chemically-treated paper to
determine how much silt and other for-
eign matter it contains. Darkness of hy-
draulic fluid spot on the paper deter-
mines whether system or pump is ac-

Incoming pumps are patch tested
twice, at 21-hour intervals, to eliminate
short duration pumps.

The company’s engineers said that
sometimes new pumps arrived with
enough contamination to cause their
own destruction.

Premature pump failures are being
countered by these moves:

• Closer inspection prior to installation

on the airframe, using such techniques
as the patch tests.

• Carehil construction of clean hydraulic
systems which are patch tested with ex-
ternal hydraulic power source prior to
pump installation.

• Cleaning up pump construction de-
tails such as substituting shrink fits for
press fits since the latter could result in
metallic slivers getting into the pump’s
mechanism.

Although pneumatic systems arc at-
tractive power sources for many ancil-
lary functions aboard an airplane, an
unsolvable problem which knocks them
out of very high altitude airplanes is the
lack of air to be compressed at altitudes
of 70,000 ft. or more. At least, compres-
sor-driven pneumatics is not practical
at such altitudes.

Compressed air bottles are satisfac-
tory for a one- or two-shot emergency
type pneumatic operation but they can-
not supply air on a continuous basis.
They also involve a considerable weight
penalty.

Mono-Propellants

Mono-propellants, such as propyl ni-
trate, may provide the means of operat-
ing a pneumatic system in an airless at-
mosphere.

Pneumatic engineers think that a
mono-propellant’s exhaust might be
used to drive a high temperature elec-
trical system, for example.

Another airframe manufacturer is con-
sidering how to inert automatically air-
craft fuel tanks-particularly empty ones
—in pkmes flying so fast that tank heat
may be hot enough, over 500F, to ex-
plode the combustible mixture which
may be in the tank as it becomes

tion could exist in a plane that has been
flying very fast at high altitudes, burns
up the fuel in some of its tanks, then
descends rapidly, causing air to rush into
the tanks.

High speed of the plane may have
heated the fuel tank’s more massive
components— such as valves— to the
point where they would retain the heat
sufficiently to ignite the fuel/air mix-
ture in the tank.

Studies are under way to come up
with a means of inerting the tanks—
probably with nitrogen-before such a
dangerous situation comes into ex-
istence.

The problem is to perform the
inerting automatically and to have in-
erting last only during the dangerous
period to avoid the weight and space
penalty of carrying enough nitrogen to
inert the tank for the long periods of
time when it contains enough fuel to
be perfectly safe.

D-3

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

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multitude of materials
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DESIGN ACHIEVEMENTS WITH SUPRAMICA* ceramoplastics

D-170

AND MYCALEX* glass-banded mica

MYCALEX TM telemetering switches

WITH SUPRAMICA CERAMOPLASTIC COMMUTATOR PLATES ASSURE
RELIABLE OPERATION UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS

Precision-molded Supramica ceramoplastic commutator plates have
introduced a degree of accuracy and sustained dependability never before
approached in telemetry. Where warpage of only .0002" of the commutator
plate will distort and destroy the value of the signal, these precision
switches withstand extremes of temperature, altitude, shock and vibration
and deliver a clean, unvarying signal . . . tests show completely satisfactory
performance of these switches after more than 1000 hours at 1200 RPM,

In military and industrial applications, Mycalex TM Telemetering Switches
with Supramica ceramoplastic commutator plates have made significant
contributions to the reliability of electronic equipment.

MYCALEX ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

SYNTHAMICA synthetic mica . . . .

SYNTHETIC MICA CORPORATION
A Subsidiary of MYCALEX CORPORATION OF AMERICA

MYCALEX tube sockets

High temperature tube sockets made from Supramica ceramoplastic and
Mycalex glass-bonded mica are produced under exclusive license of
Mycalex Corporation of America.

Supramica 560 ceramoplastic tube sockets have successfully passed
operating tests at 500" C.

MYCALEX TUBE SOCKET CORPORATION

MYCALEX

CORPORATION OF AMERICA

WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF GLASS-BONDED MICA AND CERAMOPLASTIC PRODUCTS

D-171

Rebat

. . . first choice of men who build, own, fly and service aircraft

R33 & R24

S24 & 812

Exceptionally compact and light
weight with long life specifically
engineered for aircraft with 12-
volt systems. Either a 24- or a 12-

333L & 324L

weight for all 6- volt elec-
trical systems. Either a 33-ampere
hour capacity or 24-ampere hour

A 12-volt battery designed for out-

pendabilily over a long service
lifetime. Preferred by leading air-
lines everywhere.

R55 & R37

Built for heavy duty installations
and for 12-voll electrical systems
requiring a high reserve capacity.
Either a 55- or 32-ampere hour
capacity is available in the same
sire hard rubber container.

all Beech D18 models and other
AN315I-2 applications or the
R24I10. a 36-amp. hr. battery for
all AN3150-2 applications. Both
are 24-volt models.

For the past 25 years rigid adherence to the highest standards of quality, workman-
ship and engineering excellence have made Rebat Aircraft Batteries the outstanding
choice of men who build, own, fly and service aircraft.

Rebat Aircraft Batteries come wet or dry charged in a complete range of types and
sizes for every commercial, personal, and business airplane installation. Available
at airports throughout the world with factory service headquarters at Reading,
Pennsylvania; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Oakland, California.

THE ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE COMPANY
Battery Division, Toledo 1, Ohio

Rebat

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D-173

an important OPEN LETTER concerning

Your Aircraft Stainless Requirements

t , u „ ey *, « « — —

A recent survey « veale ™ This was no surprise to us, since

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NEW BOOKLET AVAILABLE ON AIRCRAFT STEELS OF TOMORROW

Have you been wondering what is being done m the development of
aircraft steels to meet the challenge of supersonic flight? A recently
published United States Steel pamphlet, "Special Steels for the Air-
craft of Tomorrow,” will bring you up-to-date on what U. S. Steel has
been doing in its research and development program for your industry.

SEND FOR YOUR COI
' W TODAY!

U. S. STEEL SUPPLY

DIVISION

General Offices:

P. O. Bax 1099, Chicago 90, III. P

II. S. Steal Supply Di<
208 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago 4, Illinois

LOOK TO ARROWHEAD for the three basic types of aircraft ducting and for new ideas, new
materials, new techniques. Whether your unique problem involves temperature extremes, vibration,
movement or misalignment, Arrowhead will design and fabricate ducting components to your particular
applications— using stainless steel, flexible fabric-rubber or rigid plastic-fabric laminates or a combi-
nation of these.

Arrowhead, Ihe only single source for these three
types of aircraft ducting, has the experience, the
ability and the facilities to answer your ducting
problems. Arrowhead field engineers are located
in all aircraft centers.

Write for new detailed application chart

TMRROWHEAD / Federal- /

/ GAL PRODUCTS / BeZgs.Tnc'/

2300 Curry Street, Long Beach, California

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D-175

phase shift in transformers,
filters, and phase dis-
placement networks.

• Measures from 0 to 360 degrees.

• Readings not affected by noise
and harmonics.

• Phase shifts of the order of .01
degree can be measured emplc
ing special circuit techniques.

• Measures in-phase and quodroture
components separately.

HRCKsnsncK

The one dependable single
source for all standard and
special cables for aircraft and
components.

Essentials that make the

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Valves, Pressure-Relief

American Power Jet Co., 70S Grand Ave., Ridgefield,

D-176

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.1) H»TiM

count most . . .

Vickers hydraulics

il in

U. S. Propellers, Inc., 3270 East Foothill 8lvd.,

WESTINGHOUX ELECTRIC CORP., P. 0. Box 808,
Pittsburgh 30, Pa. SEE AOV. C-B8, C-88

Wire, Aluminum

Wire, Antenna

A FLUTTER DAMPER

DESIGNED BY

CLEMCO

AERO PRODUCTS, / NC \

It MUST operate through minute
mplitudes but be capable of
loving through large amplitudes.

It MUST operate uniformly through
extremely large temperature

It MUST dissipate energy at high
frequencies which means that the
dynamic spring* constant MUST

It SHOULD be light in weight and of
small envelope.

Through rigorous analysis CLEMCO has met the challenge
of the aircraft and guided missile industry and now provides
these industries with three basic damper sizes . . . EACH OF
WHICH HAS THE GREATEST DYNAMIC SPRING
CONSTANT, FOR ITS SIZE AND WEIGHT, EVER
PRODUCED!

^Oulsjdo ^ Weigh! T r o v c I ^ Conxion! Spring Conxf,

1.50 2.94 60 0-600** 163,000

1.75 3.81 70 0-750** 235,000

2.00 4.60 95 0-900** 300,000

CLEMCO Flutter Dampers have integral housing abutments which
mean fewer assembly parts and extreme reliability.

CLEMCO Flutter Dampers are light weight, rugged, simple in con.
struction. and held to the finest of instrument tolerances to provide
a performance tested product . . .

CLEMCO AERO PRODUCTS, INC. are furnishing the leaders of
the aircraft and missile industry with the following:

ROTARY ACTUATORS PROPRIETARY DESIGNS OF

POWER STEERING UNITS HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC

FLUTTER DAMPERS UNITS FOR MILITARY AND

MISSILE FINS AND SPARS COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES

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AERO PRODUCTS, INC.

210 E. Manville St., Compton, California

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D-179

AIRCRAFT

FLEXIBLE FLUID LINES

Specif

STRATOFLEX hose fittings and
complete hose assemblies, in a wide
range of sizes and types, allow engineers exceptional
freedom in equipment design. Stratoflex flexible hose and
fittings are available for most fluid applications and for
a wide range of pressures. New Super-T Teflon* is
designed for extreme temperature applications.

Write tor Aircraft Catalog or

ir new S-3 Bulletin deicrlbing Super-T Te

112-313-313-S-L

1 1 2-342 -342-S-L

MS 28762 Hose Assembly
MIL-H-8788 Hose

111-31 2-3 1 2-S-L

MS 28741 (MIL-H-8795)
Hose Assembly
MIL-H-8794 Hose

’-der-Senrlce Cord

WIRE, COPPER

Wire, Brass

8ram Metallurgical-Chemical Co., 820 65th Ave

Wire, Ceramic Insulated

Wire, Copper

BIRNBACH RADIO CO., INC., 145 Hudson St., Now

CHESTER CABLE CORP., SUB. OF MIAMI COPPER

RF-8-IF, F-100C&D, F-107.
C-133A. C-130A. Tested on thir-
ty-live other types of aircraft.

All standard sizes. Moving seals
are teflon. Sealed actuator pro-
tects motor. Explosion proof.

good reasons wliy.
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DESIGNING
ENGINEERING
AND PRODUCTION

for the

Aircraft Industry

Switches

Rectifiers
Power Relays •
Transformers
Bomb Racks •
Limit Switches
Switchboards *
Intervalometers <

Rocket Releases
Rocket Indicator
Switches
Air Circuit
Breakers
Oil Circuit

Switch Housings
Throttle Switches

Frequency Relays
Miniaturized Substation for Ground-
Power Check-off of Guided Missiles

Wire, Lead & Tin

Wire, Locking

. . . and many other products.
Specialists in hermetic sealing.
Write us regarding your require-

Cole ClecMc Co.

8439 SPELLER DRIVE
CULVER CITY, CALIF.

TExas 0-4701

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Wire, Nickel

Colonial Alloys, Ridge Ave. A Crawford, Philadelphia,

Wire, Piano

Wire, Precious Metal

J. BISHOP & CO. PLATINUM WORKS, Malvern, Pa.

Wire, Stainless Steel

Wire, Steel

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WRENCHES

Wire, Stitching

Wire, Miscellaneous

ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE CO., THE, Champlain & Mul-

Wood

Wrenches

Missiles and Aircraft

PLUMBING

COMPONENTS

by Dunbar Kapple

Engineered metal ducting and hose assemblies for the
following: fuel lines, in-flight refueling lines, hot air
de-icing, cabin air conditioning, hydraulic systems and
other applications where working pressure and tempera-
tures require the use of metal. Complete assemblies
available with Para-Flex or Spiral-Flex sections, thin-
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B-47 STRATOJET

While building more than 1,500 Y-4
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We make Hemisphere Sights for the
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B-58 HUSTLER

The B-58 Hustler, the world's first
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MODEL 558 "X«T‘

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Height II"; length 6 7 ir,"; bar moves I50 J ; holding pres*

similar applications. Low-silhouette action
provides excellent overhead work clearance.

3'.-; base length 5"; bar moves 110";
holding pressure 400 lbs.; weight I lb.

PORTABLE PLIER TYPE
MODEL 484

Equipped with trigger-release for
quick, easy, onc-handcd removal
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forged alloy steel. Hardened bushings through-
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ing commercial and military planes have
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1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE

Welcoming Committee the World Over . . .

CROW-HINDS

aviation lighting equipment

Wherever pilots fly, for over a quarter of a century they have
depended on Grouse-Hinds aviation lighting and weather equipment
to guide them safely. Crouse-Hinds has grown up in partnership with
the aviation industry — anticipating its demands for better and more
specialized lighting equipment — until today Crouse-Hinds offers you
the most complete line of aviation lighting equipment in the world.
Only a small portion of it can be illustrated here. Contact your nearby
Crouse-Hinds office for complete details.

A Complete Line of

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Illuminated Illuminated Wind Tee, Type WT

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Wind Instruments

USE-HINDS COMPANY

Jet Components Swell Airline Purchases

New York— Only major change in
airline purchasing procedures during
the last year is an increase in buying

Approaching advent of the com-
mercial jet age is being felt increasingly
in the purchasing departments of the
world's airlines which arc nearing the
day when Boeing 707s, Douglas DC-8s,
and Convair 880s will start moving
through their overhaul shops. Lock-
heed Electras, late model Vickers
Viscounts, and Bristol Britannias are
also coloring the purchasing picture.
New Entries

To accommodate the gas turbine
power plants, new items never before
listed on airline inventories, such as
fucl/air starters, electric cabin sidewall
heaters, compressor bleed air controls,
wing spoilers, and a host of other items,
arc appearing on airline purchase orders,
and soon will be moving into airline
inventories.

Airline purchasing differs not in pro-
cedure, but in organization. Two basic
practices are: centralize all purchasing

activities in one office; or maintain
two major purchasing centers, each for
specific categories of items.

Example of the first system is Pan
American World Airways’ Services of
Supply headquarters in Long Island
City, New York, which is the central
purchasing office. Organization is di-
vided into sections which buy all items
needed in seven commodity categories;
airframe and airframe accessories, en-
gines, engine accessories, and propel-
lers; radio, radar, and electrical; ground
and shop equipment; hardware; com-
missary; printing, stationer)', and office
equipment. Aircraft fuel and oil is a
separate category handled by the Fuel

Example of the second svstem is
American Airlines' Tulsa Overhaul and
Supply Depot which buys all equipment
and supplies needed for its shops, such
as machinery, tools, parts, paints, and
liquids: all aircraft and powerplant
spares and equipment required to keep
AA's fleet airworthy: and items needed
by the stations over and above the cer-
tain designated small items that stations

are allowed to buy independently.

American’s LaGuardia supply office
buys virtually everything else except
airframes and aircraft fuel and oil.
International Purchasing

Trans World Airlines’ system re-
sembles Pan American's, except that
TWA maintains an International Pur-
chasing Office at Orly Field, Paris,
which buys Europe-originated supplies.

United Air Lines, like American, has
executive headquarters in Chicago and
its main overhaul base in San Fran-
cisco, each with certain purchasing re-
sponsibilities.

Smaller airlines usually follow the
centralization system, concentrating all
executive, overhaul and maintenance,
and purchasing activities in one loca-

Foreign airlines for the most part
have purchasing offices in New York
through which they procure aircraft and
engine spares, svstem accessories, and
instruments for their U. S. aircraft.
Some foreign lines also maintain pur-
chasing offices on the West Coast.

AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION PURCHASING COMMITTEE

1958 AVIATION WEEK BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION E-3

MARQUENCHOL - a quality product for full marqucnch-
ing of critical parts.

QUENCHOL* 500 SERIES QUENCHING OILS - Premium
products with unusual properties of quenching perform-

ance and long life.

SINCLAIR HYDRAULIC AND MACHINE OILS

DURO - High viscosity index oils containing rust, oxida-
RUBILENE” - High viscosity index oils where superior oil
COMMANDER* -General purpose, straight mineral oils.

SINCLAIR GREASES

LITHOLINE* INDUSTRIAL EP GREASES - Special lithium
purpose industrial use.

DUROLUBE GREASES - Premium quality extra long life
greases for electric motors or sealed bearings.

BEARING GREASES AF- Sodium-calcium spap greases of

OPALINE PRESSURE SYSTEM GREASES - Calcium soap
LITHOLINE MULTI-PURPOSE GREASE -A special lithium

AIRBORNE EQUIPMENT

SINCLAIR AIRCRAFT ENGINE OILS

AIRCRAFT 100 STAR OIL (Made especially for Ameri
Airlines).

AIRCRAFT 120H OIL (Made especially for Eastern
Lines).

AIRCRAFT OILS, Grades 65. 80, 100. 120 -Quality pis

SINCLAIR AIRCRAFT GREASES

BEARING GREASE AF No. 2 EP - High quality, extreme
pressure grease for anti-friction bearings.

BEARING GREASE AFG No. 2 - An anli-friction bearing
grease containing graphite for special applications.

HIGH TEMPERATURE GREASE - An anti-friction bearing

MICA LUBRICANT AA - An anti-seize spark plug thread

E-16

SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY

Sinclair serves the Aviation Industry
with Top Quality Petroleum Products

.GROUND EQUIPMENT

SINCLAIR MOTOR OILS

EXTRA DUTY MOTOR OIL - (For Services MS-DG-DM)
Sinclair's outstanding motor oil (or severe services: pro*
vides extra-ordinary engine cleanliness, freedom from ring
and hydraulic valve lifter sticking, and a reduction in
wear heretofore not believed possible with a motor oil.
EXTRA DUTY TRIPLE X MULTI-GRADE MOTOR Oll-(For
Services MS-DG) An extra duty quality motor oil in the
new multi-grades (SAE I0W-30 and 5W-20). for maxi-
mum protection in all driving ranges, and under all tem-
perature and climate conditions.

TENOL* — (For Services MS-DG) An excellent fleet motor
oil which provides high film strength, minimum engine
wear, high engine cleanliness and full power with long
engine life under moderate conditions.

SUPER TENOL- (For Services MS-DG-DM) An outstand-
ing fleet motor oil for severe operating conditions. Re-
duces acid and mechanical wear, guards against ring and
valve sticking, cuts total oil consumption, prolongs high
power output of engine, and cuts maintenance and down-
time to a minimum.

TENOL EXTRA S-3 - (For Service DS) A superior lubri-
cant (Scries 3 oil) for the most severe Diesel operations.

SINCLAIR GREASES, TRANSMISSION
AND GEAR LUBRICANTS

LITHOIINE MULTI-PURPOSE GREASE -A special lithium
soap grease, for the complete grease lubrication of all
automotive equipment including chassis, wheel bearings,
and other parts.

OPALINE CHASSIS LUBRICANT -A NLGI No. 1 consist-
ency tacky calcium soap grease, for chassis lubrication.
SINCOLUBE* GREASE — A short fiber grease resisting
throwout, bleeding or hardening; specifically recom-
mended for automotive wheel bearings.

OPALINE MULTI-PURPOSE GEAR LUBRICANT- Recom-
mended for all hypoid and conventional gearing in all
classes of automotive equipment.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PLUID - Qualified and ap-
proved for all passenger car automatic transmissions.
Recommended for power steering systems where this type
product is required.

SINCLAIR FUELS

POWER-X GASOLINE with X-CHEMICAl - a Super-
Premium gasoline which does what no other gasoline ever
did before. Increases power - cuts operating costs. Elimi-
nates power-robbing engine deposits.

HC GASOLINE - A quality gasoline at regular gasoline
prices for all-around superior performance. Cootains
RD-119® to prevent fuel system rust.

DIESEL FUELS-High cetane quality fuels, for all types of
light and heavy duty Diesel engines. Anti-rust protection
with RD.-l 19.

SINCLAIR SOLVENTS

SOLVENTS-General purpose solvents for aircraft, engine
and ground vehicle parts washing.

Listed here are but a few of the many service-proved products that
Sinclair supplies in quantity to the Aviation Industry. Their superiority has
been sustained in over 35 years of constant application to aviation needs.
in manufacturing, and in ground and aircraft equipment maintenance. For
further information on any specific product, contact your local Sinclair
Representative, or write Sinclair Refining Company, Aviation Sales,

600 Fifth Avenue, New York 20, N. Y.

600 Fifth Avenue , New York 20, New York

E-17

REDA pioneers the FIRST
submergible jet fuel pump

Now, the Reda Pump Company — world’s
largest manufacturer of submergible mo-
tors and pumps provides a new, improved
means of pumping jet fuel and gasoline
with these exclusive advantages:

1. No surface 4. No stuffing

structures. boxes to leak.

2. No vapor locks. 5 ' ex P lo,ion

hazards.

3. No priming 6. No pressure

necessary. limitations.

7. No horsepower
limitations.

. . . and backed by over 35 years submerg-
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know-how. Reda designed and developed
the first successful submergible motor
and pump. Over 100,000 Reda Submerg-
ible Pumps are installed for pumping oil,
brine and water wells, L.P.G. and gasoline
for filling stations.

Let us know your requirements.
Complete information will be
furnished on request.

REDA PUMP CO.

BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA

Fuels, Rocket

AEROJET GENERAL C0RP-, A SUBSIDIARY OF
GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO., THE, 6352 Irwin-

M„ Ainu, Mil. SEE A0V. B-34

Furnaces

WESTINGH0USE ELECTRIC C0RR., P. 0. Bor S68,
Pittsburgh 30, Pa. SEE AOV. C-88, C-89

Ground Handling
Equipment

E-18

Circle Number 176 on Reoder-S

1958 AVIATION V’-'Y BUYERS' GUIDE EDITION

Ready now- new catalog
describing %uckt4f£A complete line
of refueling equipment for . . .

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overwing refueling . . .

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hydrant systems

No. 1 3200 Hydrant Emergency Valve and Adopter for automatic shut-off ser

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QUALITY PRODUCTS
FOR THE AVIATION INDUSTRY

described in full hour new Aircraft Catalog.

INSIDE RUSSIA — Bob Hotz on a balcony of the
Hotel National in Moscow, while covering the 1956
USAF inspection trip to Russia. In the background
you see the Kremlin. Since 1948 Bob has covered
practically every national and international air show

. . . visited aircraft factories, research facilities and
military installations throughout the United States,
in NATO countries. South America and Asia. He
has reported on all this and more in the pages of
AVIATION WEEK. '

cCwtjbOutic

Bob Hotz, Editor of AVIATION WEEK, is first again with
missile and aircraft data from behind the Iron Curtain.

It was AVIATION WEEK, in the person of
Editor Bol) Hotz, that first reported to the
Western World that the Soviets had fired the
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in
the May 20, 1957 issue . . . first to report the
firing of the Intermediate Ballistic Missile by
the Soviets, too (Feb. 1956) . . . first to report
that the Russians had long-range jet bombers.

In 1956, Bob covered the team of top-
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official inspection trip to Russia. Here he met
with the heads of the Russian Air Force, top
aircraft designers, and the chiefs of Aeroflot
(the Russian commerical airline). Again,
AVIATION WEEK was first with the facts!

Bom in Milwaukee, Bob started his writing
career with the Milwaukee Journal after
graduating from Northwestern in 1936. Tak-
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In the fall of 1941, he began his Air Force
service on the staff of General Hap Arnold
. . . then to the Air Transport Command.
Later, Bob served on the staff of General
Claire L. Chennault in China, where he flew
combat missions in B-25’s.

After the war, Bob became news editor for
AVIATION WEEK . . . covered the Korean
war, in person . . . became editor of AVIATION
WEEK in 1955. He has written, and still
writes, outstanding books on aviation.

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